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Meanings of glass fiber in English

Portuguese
fibra óptica
Catalan
fibra òptica
Wikidata

A very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images.

        fibra óptica
        Russian
        стекловата
        Portuguese
        fibra de vidro
        Catalan
        fibra de vidre
        Spanish
        fibra de vidrio
        Wikidata

        Material consisting of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass.

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              Examples for "optical fiber"
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              For the first time optical fiber was used to carry telephone traffic.
              Wired
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              The Company's services include installation and commissioning microwave, optical fiber and others.
              Reuters
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              It also offers equipment for the medical, optical fiber and solar industries.
              Reuters
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              The Company operates optical fiber business, optical cable business and new medicine business.
              Reuters
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              An opposite recess guides the optical fiber with a diameter of 125 μm.
              Pubmed
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              In the phase one, we would be having approximately 70km of optical fibre.
              The Guardian
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              Contractors are stringing a high-speed optical fibre cable on existing ESB poles and connecting the houses.
              The Irish Times
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              Existing cashflow also will be used, along with proceeds from a desired sale of optical fibre assets.
              Reuters
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              The Government on Tuesday announced $700 million over three years to make business-grade optical fibre services more affordable.
              News.com.au
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              For 25 years there has been a debate about whether Britain should install a huge-capacity optical fibre network right to the home.
              The Guardian
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              The machine is made of "exceptional materials such as carbon, steel and glass fibre" and is "a complete innovation in the fitness field."
              Wired
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              Depression of the percentage of lymphocyte subpopulation of CD 16+56 (natural killer cells) in peripheral blood was found in glass fibre workers.
              Pubmed
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              To enable insertion with minimal trauma, glass fibres embedded in silicone were used as models.
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              Coating and corrosion of glass fibres were sporadic findings.
              Pubmed
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              Of course you've seen the ink erasers made of a cluster of fine glass fibres.
              The Story of Glass
              Usage of glass fiber in English
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              As a specific example, we have experimentally evaluated this criterion for a lead- glass fiber.
              Pubmed
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              Chaff can be made of varying-length aluminum strips or metal-coated plastic or glass fiber.
              The Science of Battlestar Galactica
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              The company is also involved in new materials industries, such as the manufacturing of glass fiber and polysilicon.
              Reuters
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              He held up a chunk of flat glass fiber composite peppered with bullet holes, then flipped it over.
              Anvil Gate
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              The Chemical Material segment manufactures and sells petroleum resins, polyurethane, thermoplastic polyurethane, and glass fiber reinforced plastic products, among others.
              Reuters
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              Excluding items, the company, known for its Pink Panther mascot and trademark PINK glass fiber insulation, earned 61 cents per share.
              Reuters
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              Turbine designs and sizes vary widely -carbon fiber is stronger than glass fiber, for instance, but more vulnerable to lightning.
              Reuters
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              When you plucked the safety-cap off the end of a cable, you could see the glass fiber-nothicker than a pinhole.
              The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
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              Twelve years after Merkel first took power, just 2 percent of internet connections in Germany are super-fast glass fiber, the OECD estimates.
              Reuters
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              Owens Corning makes glass fiber used to reinforce composite materials, as well as insulation and roofing used in residential, commercial and industrial applications.
              Reuters
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              The analytical methodology includes the sample filtration through glass fiber filter and subsequent extraction of dissolved phase compounds by C18 solid-phase disk extraction.
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              Excluding items, the company, which is known for its Pink Panther mascot and its trademarked PINK glass fiber insulation, earned 20 cents a share.
              Reuters
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              Aim: The purpose was to compare the fracture strength between restorations containing the metal pin (MP) and those containing the glass fiber pin (GFP).
              Pubmed
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              And we actually send laser beams down glass fibers, the size of your hair.
              Wired
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              No tumors of the respiratory tract were observed in hamsters treated with glass fibers alone.
              Pubmed
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              The Chemical Products segment is engaged in manufacturing and sales of chemicals, fine chemicals, fertilizers, glass fibers.
              Reuters
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