noun
a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
• Syn: ↑fibre bundle, ↑fascicle, ↑fasciculus
• Hypernyms: ↑nervous tissue, ↑nerve tissue
• Hyponyms: ↑fornix, ↑trigonum cerebrale, ↑nerve, ↑nervus
• Part Holonyms: ↑nervous system, ↑systema nervosum
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Optics.
a flexible bundle of optical glass that transmits images.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.