FIBRE OPTICS

Meaning of FIBRE OPTICS in English

ˌfibre ˈoptics BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

the process of using very thin threads of glass or plastic to carry information in the form of light, especially on telephone lines:

fibre optic cables

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

FIBRE OPTICS — Thin transparent fibres of glass or plastic that transmit light through their length by internal reflections, used for transmitting data, …
Английский словарь Британика
FIBRE OPTICS — technology that uses bundles of transparent fibers to transmit light
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIBRE OPTICS — ■ plural noun [treated as sing. ] the use of thin flexible transparent fibres to transmit light signals, chiefly for …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FIBRE OPTICS — also spelled Fiber Optics, the science of transmitting data, voice, and images by the passage of light through thin, transparent …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIBRE OPTICS — ( BrE ) ( NAmE ˌfiber ˈoptics ) noun [ U ] the use of thin fibres of glass, etc. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIBRE OPTICS — Note: The spelling 'fiber optics' is also used in American English. The form 'fibre optic' is used as a modifier. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIBRE OPTICS — Note: The spelling 'fiber optics' is also used in American English. The form 'fibre optic' is used as a modifier. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FIBRE OPTICS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ DONs can be a fast way of establishing links between major conurbations, often by means …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIBRE OPTICS — Thin transparent fibres of glass or plastic that transmit light through their length by internal reflections, used for transmitting data, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FIBRE OPTICS — optical fibre
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
FIBRE OPTICS — optik gentian
ICT Terminology English vocab
FIBRE OPTICS — волоконная оптика
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIBRE OPTICS — волоконная оптика
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FIBRE OPTICS — волоконная оптика
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
FIBRE OPTICS — английское написание термина fiber optics
Англо-Русский толковый словарь терминов и сокращений по ВТ, Интернету и программированию
FIBRE OPTICS — волоконная оптика
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIBRE — ~ (-in, -osi)
English interlingue dictionary
OPTICS — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1579 a science that deals with the genesis and propagation of light, the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FIBRE — see: fiber
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OPTICS — Science concerned with the production and propagation of light, the changes it undergoes and produces, and closely related phenomena. Physical …
Английский словарь Британика
FIBRE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) fibre optics {{link=fibre dietary">fibre dietary
Английский словарь Британика
OPTICS — I. ˈäptiks, -tēks noun plural but usually singular in construction Etymology: Medieval Latin optica, from Greek optika, from neuter plural …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIBRE — variant of fiber
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPTICS — (n.) That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification …
Английский словарь Webster
FIBRE — (n.) A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.
Английский словарь Webster
OPTICS — ( n. ) That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OPTICS — /op"tiks/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. ) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OPTICS — n. science of light and vision
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OPTICS — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1579 : a science that deals with the genesis and propagation of light, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPTICS — noun that branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification …
Webster English vocab
FIBRE — noun sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber. 2. fibre ·noun a general name for the raw material, …
Webster English vocab
OPTICS — ■ plural noun [usu. treated as sing. ] the branch of science concerned with vision and the behaviour of light.
Concise Oxford English vocab
OPTICS — [op.tics] n pl but sing in constr (1579): a science that deals with the genesis and propagation of light, the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OPTICS — science concerned with the genesis and propagation of light, the changes that it undergoes and produces, and other phenomena closely …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIBRE — also spelled Fiber, in textile production, basic unit of raw material having suitable length, pliability, and strength for conversion into …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIBRE — fibre BrE AmE ˈfaɪb ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ fibre|s z ▶ ˌ fibre ˈ optics BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OPTICS — / ˈɒptɪks; NAmE ˈɑːp-/ noun [ U ] the scientific study of sight and light —see also fibre optics
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIBRE — ( BrE ) ( NAmE fiber ) / ˈfaɪbə(r); NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] the part of food …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIBRE — fi ‧ bre BrE AmE British English , fiber American English /ˈfaɪbə $ -ər/ noun 1 . [uncountable] the parts …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OPTICS — n.pl. (treated as sing.) the scientific study of sight and the behaviour of light, or of other radiation or particles …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIBRE — n. (US fiber) 1 Biol. any of the threads or filaments forming animal or vegetable tissue and textile substances. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OPTICS — n.pl. (treated as sing.) the scientific study of sight and the behaviour of light, or of other radiation or particles …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIBRE — n. (US fiber) 1 Biol. any of the threads or filaments forming animal or vegetable tissue and textile substances. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OPTICS — n.pl. (treated as sing.) the scientific study of sight and the behaviour of light, or of other radiation or particles …
Oxford English vocab
FIBRE — n. (US fiber) 1. Biol. any of the threads or filaments forming animal or vegetable tissue and textile substances. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
OPTICS — Optics is the branch of science concerned with vision, sight, and light. N-UNCOUNT see also fibre optics
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIBRE — ( fibres) Note: in AM, use 'fiber' 1. A fibre is a thin thread of a natural or artificial substance, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPTICS — Optics is the branch of science concerned with vision, sight, and light. N-UNCOUNT see also fibre ~
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FIBRE — (~s) Note: in AM, use 'fiber' 1. A ~ is a thin thread of a natural or artificial substance, especially …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OPTICS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fibre optics ▪ fibre optic cables COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN fiber ▪ To head …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIBRE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a high sugar/salt/fibre etc content ▪ Red meat tends to have a high fat content. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OPTICS — [noun] [U]Optics is the study of light.
Cambridge English vocab
FIBRE — (FOOD), US usually fiber, dietary fibre, roughage [noun] [U] - a substance in foods such as fruit, vegetables and brown …
Cambridge English vocab
OPTICS — n. Science concerned with the production and propagation of light, the changes it undergoes and produces, and closely related phenomena. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FIBRE — n. glass fibre fibre optics fibre dietary
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OPTICS — Synonyms and related words : Newtonian physics, acoustics, actinology, actinometry, aerophysics, applied physics, astrophysics, basic conductor physics, biophysics, catoptrics, chemical …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPTICS — noun Optics is used after these nouns: ↑ fibre
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIBRE — ( BrE ) ( AmE fiber ) noun 1 in food ADJECTIVE ▪ dietary ▪ your total daily intake of …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIBRE — n. 25B6; noun fibres from the murderer's jumper : THREAD, strand, filament; technical fibril. natural fibres : MATERIAL, cloth, fabric. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIBRE — n. 1 filament, thread, strand, fibril, tendril This fabric is woven from cotton fibre 2 texture, structure, material, fabric The …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIBRE — noun (Health and Fitness) (Lifestyle and Leisure) Food material such as bran and cellulose that is not broken down by …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
OPTICS — сущ. оптика оптика optics pl (употр. как sing) оптика
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIBRE — сущ.; тж. fiber 1) а) волокно; волосок; фибра; нить; древесное волокно coarse fibre nerve fibre synthetic fibre wool fibre Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIBRE — fibre.ogg ʹfaıbə n 1. 1> волокно, фибра; нить wool silk, flax fibre - шерстяное шёлковое, льняное волокно glass fibre - …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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