fibre

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Does the NSA have a fibre-tap on all cables?

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a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fibre gathered in one view.

noun

a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

noun

any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)

noun

the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fibre.

noun

a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

noun

any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)

noun

the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer

noun

a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

Example sentences

Does the NSA have a fibre-tap on all cables?

China doesn't have agreements with BT, AT&T etc which allow it to tap fibre in our countries at will.

Here in the UK, we have a peculiar paradox regarding the rollout of fibre.

Obviously not!Now my competitors rush out to make carbon fibre bicycles of their own.

If you wanted a bicycle metaphor, apple has invented a wonderful carbon fibre bicycle that everybody wants.

If I give Bob my proxy on "the internet" and Jill my proxy on "fibre optics", whose proxy prevails when the question is about regulating Google's purchase of dark fibre?

We have the year 2013.. What the people in these villages do is, they hire one big fibre and share it over the community driven Freifunk mesh network to gain broadband access to all the people in the village.

Are your products so terrible that you have to force people to buy them by preventing any other competition?Lets say I invent and patent carbon fibre and start making bicycles out of it.

The fibre and backhaul infrastructure would be owned by the government, while retail companies would be allowed to sell internet connections, telephony and pay TV services over this network .