fiber-optic

adjective

fi·​ber-op·​tic ˈfī-bər-ˌäp-tik How to pronounce fiber-optic (audio)
: of, relating to, or using fiber optics

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In January, Sweden also began investigating a cargo ship for deliberately damaging an undersea fiber-optic cable in the Baltic Sea, which connected Sweden and Latvia, after detecting connectivity issues. Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025 But OneWeb lacks sufficient bandwidth to make up for the potential impairment of all or most of Taiwan’s fiber-optic cables. Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2025 With a skilled operator, a fiber-optic FPV can go where a radio FPV can’t. David Axe, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Bones have been uncovered by excavators digging parking garages in German villages and by telephone workers laying fiber-optic cable where battles took place in the 1940s. Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Lance Neal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fiber-optic

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First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fiber-optic was in 1961

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“Fiber-optic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiber-optic. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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fiber-optic

adjective
fi·​ber-op·​tic
ˈfī-bər-ˌäp-tik
: of or relating to fiber optics
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