optical fiber

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Scope note
Very thin, flexible glass or plastic filament along which large quantities of textual data and images can be transmitted in the form of light pulses; for the branch of optics dealing with the transmission of light through optical fiber, use "fiber optics."
optical fiber
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024