fibre optics
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- fibreoptic adjective
Example Sentences
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This is because Starlink, rather than relying on fibre optics or cables to transmit data, uses a network of satellites in low Earth orbit.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025
Dr Ori Henderson-Sapir, project investigator at the UoA's Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, says that Australia has a long history of developing innovative fibre optics technologies.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023
TIM's network is Italy's main telecommunications infrastructure and government authorities have for years been looking to ensure investments are carried out to upgrade it to fast fibre optics.
From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023
“There were forty of them, and they kept to themselves and lived in the basement. They were going to put fibre optics into mouse brains to try to control which way the mouse moves.”
From The New Yorker • Apr. 4, 2017
Rather than bouncing around in a plastic space bubble, Coyne, cradling a baby doll, stands atop a futuristic chrome dome smothered in tentacle-like fibre optics.
From The Guardian • May 22, 2013
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