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Optical fiber

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."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000183039

Broader Terms used

synthetic fiber

Created

13yrs ago

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