Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,589,066,580 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

fiber bundle

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
fiber bundle
(1) A set of adjacent optical fibers running in parallel and adhered together. It is used for transmitting light to brighten an area as well as transmitting whole images, but not for digital communications.

(2) A collection of optical fibers.
fiber bundle [′fī·bər ‚bən·dəl]
(mathematics)
A bundle whose total space is aG-spaceX, whose base is the homomorphic image of the orbit space ofX, and whose fibers are isomorphic to the orbits of points in the base space under the action ofG.
(optics)
A flexible bundle of glass or other transparent fibers, parallel to each other, used in fiber optics to transmit a complete image from one end of the bundle to the other.
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
Subsequent chapters offer the math underlying the physics in manifolds, mechanics, and various theories of spacetime, as well as lie groups, fiber bundles, and gauge theory, all presented in an engaging prose style.
Tensors and manifolds with applications to physics, 2d ed. (reprint, ... by SciTech Book News
The lower end of the fiber bundle was clamped securely to the bottom of the chamber and the opposite end was attached via a light chain harness to the transducer arm of a Cambridge Technology mode1305 servo-controlled ergometer.
Comparison between in vivo force recordings during escape responses ... by Perez, Hernan Mauricio; Janssoone, Xavier; Cote, Claude; Guderley, Helga / Journal of Shellfish Research
As a member of AO's research department, his work concerned the improvement of glass and plastic lenses, the use of innovative glass fiber bundles to allow medical imagery of the heart valves and the fetus in utero without surgery.
Robert Ehlen Innis Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.) Pioneer physist at ... by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.