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optical fiber

Summary

optical fiber ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,445 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • optical fiber is a type of glass fiber[2].
  • optical fiber is a type of optical waveguide[3].
  • optical fiber is a type of electromagnetic waveguide[4].
  • optical fiber is part of optical fiber cable[5].
  • optical fiber's Commons category is recorded as Optical fibers[6].
  • optical fiber's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Optical fiber[7].
  • optical fiber's Commons gallery is recorded as Optical fiber[8].
  • optical fiber's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'LWL'}[9].
  • optical fiber's different from is recorded as LWL[10].
  • optical fiber's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include glass fiber[2], optical waveguide[3], and electromagnetic waveguide[4].

Use and Application

optical fiber is part of it cable[5].

Why It Matters

optical fiber ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,445 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . partner.gira.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → optical fiber cable
    Different from → LWL
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → glass fiber, optical waveguide, electromagnetic waveguide
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11673, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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