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• n  the organ of sight
• a  of or relating to or resembling the eye
  the optic (or optical) axis of the eye
• a  relating to or using sight
  an optical illusion

• Workers haul part of a fiber optic cable onto the shore in Mombasa, Kenya, in an effort to bring broadband Internet connectivity to east Africa.
• Billions are at stake in the race to develop optics technology.
• While fiber optic technology has yet to fulfill its potential, our telecommunications infrastructure will increasingly be based on fiber optic technology.

• eye
• oculus
• ocular
• optical
• opthalmic
• visual

News & Articles

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• NASA, Astro Technology Develop Offshore Fiber-Optic Technology
  A new fiber optic monitoring system developed through collaboration between Houston-based Astro Technology Inc. and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was deployed earlier this year on two oil platforms offshore West Africa.
  June 13, 2013 - Rigzone
• Cut fiber-optic cable limits phone service in Stillwater, Sweet Grass counties
  Some Triangle Communications customers in central Montana are reportedly without phone service after a fiber-optic cable was cut Wednesday.  
  June 13, 2013 - Billings Gazette
• Fiber optic legislation proposed
  STEUBENVILLE - City Council will consider legislation next week that will allow city electricians to install fiber optic lines between the Ohio Mid-Eastern Regional Education Services Agency building on Sunset Boulevard and the agency's new home at...
  June 12, 2013 - The Steubenville Herald-Star

Quotes

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• Ivan Seidenberg in CNET News
  This transaction is part of our multiyear effort to transform our growth profile and asset base to focus on wireless, FiOS fiber-optic services and other broadband development, and global IP,said Ivan Seidenberg, chief executive officer of...
• Kevin Rudd in Sydney Morning Herald
  We have a proposal which will cost up to $4.7 billion in joint partnership with the private sector to lay out fibre-optic-to-the-node for 98 per cent of the country,Mr Rudd told reporters. "The difference is the government proposes a...
• Derek Fisher in SportingNews.com
  The cancer could spread to the optic nerve, to the brain and throughout the rest of her body pretty fast,Fisher said. "That was our first concern -- trying to save her life."