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Definition of Glass fibre
1. Noun. A very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images.
Group relationships: Fiber Optic Cable, Fibre Optic Cable, Fiberscope
Generic synonyms: Fiber, Fibre
Literary usage of Glass fibre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1877)
"To the lower part of the stopper a fine glass fibre is cemented, ... The logarithmic
decrement will involve the viscosity of the glass fibre; ..."
2. Original Papers by the Late John Hopkinson by John Hopkinson (1901)
"ON THE TORSIONAL STRAIN WHICH REMAINS IN A glass fibre AFTER RELEASE FROM TWISTING
... A year ago I made a few experiments on a glass fibre which showed a ..."
3. Original Papers by the Late John Hopkinson by John Hopkinson (1901)
"ON THE TORSIONAL STRAIN WHICH REMAINS IN A glass fibre AFTER RELEASE FROM TWISTING
... A year ago I made a few experiments on a glass fibre which showed a ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine (1876)
"ing this fineness the elasticity of the glass fibre is so perfect that even after
what would appear to be excessive torsion, the fibre accurately unwinds ..."
5. A Text-book of Physics by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1907)
"Thus a thread of quartz fibre will recover its shape immediately after the removal
of the tensional and torsional forces acting upon it, while a glass fibre ..."
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