fiberoptics

Questions about fiberoptics

What does fiberoptics mean?

fiberoptics means "the transmission of light signals via glass fibers".

How many syllables are in fiberoptics?

fiberoptics has 4 syllables and divides as fi-be-rop-tics under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fiberoptics?

Close synonyms include fiber optics, fibre optics, fibreoptics. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fiberoptics a common word?

fiberoptics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.