Definition of fibre-optic in English:
fibre-optic
(US fiber-optic)
adjectiveˌfʌɪbərˈɒptɪkˌfaɪbərˈɑptɪk
Consisting of or using thin flexible fibres with a glass core through which light signals can be sent with very little loss of strength.
high-speed fibre-optic broadband
Example sentencesExamples
- Orange indicator LEDs are interlaced through the panel with an array of fibre-optic points which create headlamps.
- The facility is equipped with Internet access via a fiber-optic system 10,000 times faster than cable modem.
- At times, the company had strung fiber-optic cable inside its old pipelines.
- At night, a field of 14m high black masts illuminates the plaza with skinny strips of fibre-optic cable.
- The United States will shift from making investments in telecommunications to making investments in fiber-optic technology.
- The company, headquartered in Houston, had just put its own 18,000-mile broadband fiber-optic network in the ground.
- All told, 39 million miles of fibre-optic line now criss-cross the US, enough to circle the globe 1566 times.
- The company is the world's leading provider of the basic building blocks for fiber-optic networks.
- Fiber-optic lights in the ceiling give the effect of a nighttime sky.
- The supplier of components used in fibre-optic telecom networks published its first quarter results today.
Definition of fiber-optic in US English:
fiber-optic
(British fibre-optic)
adjectiveˌfībərˈäptikˌfaɪbərˈɑptɪk
Consisting of or using thin flexible fibers with a glass core through which light signals can be sent with very little loss of strength.
high-speed fiber-optic broadband
Example sentencesExamples
- At times, the company had strung fiber-optic cable inside its old pipelines.
- At night, a field of 14m high black masts illuminates the plaza with skinny strips of fibre-optic cable.
- The company, headquartered in Houston, had just put its own 18,000-mile broadband fiber-optic network in the ground.
- All told, 39 million miles of fibre-optic line now criss-cross the US, enough to circle the globe 1566 times.
- Orange indicator LEDs are interlaced through the panel with an array of fibre-optic points which create headlamps.
- The company is the world's leading provider of the basic building blocks for fiber-optic networks.
- Fiber-optic lights in the ceiling give the effect of a nighttime sky.
- The supplier of components used in fibre-optic telecom networks published its first quarter results today.
- The United States will shift from making investments in telecommunications to making investments in fiber-optic technology.
- The facility is equipped with Internet access via a fiber-optic system 10,000 times faster than cable modem.