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fibre-optics

fibre-optics is the alternative spelling of fibre optics.

Meaning of fibre optics

Noun

fibre optics (uncountable)

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

Questions about fibre-optics

What is fibre-optics the alternative spelling of?
Fibre-optics is the alternative spelling of fibre optics.

Words near fibre-optics in the dictionary

  1. fibre optic
  2. fibre optics
  3. fibre-clay
  4. fibre-faced
  5. fibre-optic
  6. fibre-optics
  7. fibre-reinforced plastic
  8. fibre-reinforced plastics
  9. fibreboard
  10. fibreboards
  11. fibreclay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fibre-optics (page history and authors); fibre optics (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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