Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. (context: UK) The transmission of light through fine flexible glass or plastic fibres, especially as a medium for communications networks. n. (context: UK) The transmission of light through fine flexible glass or plastic fibres, especially as a medium for communications networks.
WordNet
n. the transmission of light signals via glass fibers [syn: fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibreoptics]
Usage examples of "fibre optics".
Various hardware modules were scattered about, linked with power cables and fibre optics.
Colour coded bundles of fibre optics sprouted from the open panel and merged into a braided cable a handspan across at the base.
The Doctor had picked up a hundred metres of laminated fibre optics from somewhere and carried it out draped over his shoulder.
At almost the same time - it was not, of course, a coincidence - satellites and fibre optics had revolutionized communications.
The units operated on precisely the same frequency as Police Plaza's own surveillance cameras, plus they drew power from the heat leaking from the LEP's fibre optics.
The treaty agreed to protect the secrecy of the aliens in return for some of their technology [stealth aircraft and fibre optics, another correspondent reveals].
He quickly manipulated a complicated bunch of fibre optics, removing one strand altogether.
In the centre of the spinning light were six interlocking coils, like fibre optics, but of a size beyond size.
Bill, was also a rep - for a company that specialised in fibre optics.
Already the work area was a mess of tangled wires and pulsating fibre optics.