fibre optics

See also: fibreoptics and fibre-optics

English

Alternative forms

• fibre-optics, fibreoptics
• fiber optics, fiber-optics, fiberoptics (US)

Noun

fibre optics (uncountable)

1. (British spelling) The transmission of light through fine flexible glass or plastic fibres, especially as a medium for communications networks.

Translations

transmission of light through fibres

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 光導纖維 / 光导纤维 (zh) (guāngdǎo xiānwéi)

• Danish: fiberoptik c, lyslederoptik c, lysledere c pl
• Finnish: kuituoptiikka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fiberoptikk (no) m

• Portuguese: fibra ótica (pt) f
• Romanian: optică de fibră f, optică fibrală f
• Russian: волоко́нная о́птика f (volokónnaja óptika)
• Thai: ใยแก้วนำแสง (yai-gɛ̂ɛo-nam-sɛ̌ɛng)

See also

• fibre optic
• optical fibre

Anagrams

• fiber optics, fiber-optics, fiberoptics