fiberoptics

fiberoptics
optical system in which the image is conveyed by a compact bundle of small-diameter, flexible, transparent fibers.

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fi·ber·op·tics (fi″bər-opґtiks) 1. the transmission of an image along flexible bundles of coated parallel glass or plastic fibers that propagate light by internal reflections. 2. the branch of optics dealing with such transmission.

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