optical fiber \optical fiber\ n. (Communications)
   A thin fiber of very pure glass used to carry signals
   transmitted by means of light. It has much greater
   information-carrying capacity than a copper wire, and in the
   1990's became a dominant means of transmitting telephone
   communications over long distances.
   [PJC]

	

	optical fiber
     n : a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a
         waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images
         [syn: glass fiber, optical fibre, glass fibre]

	

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