glass fiber

noun

: fiberglass

Examples of glass fiber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Zadroga family sought a third opinion from Dr. Michael Baden, a renowned expert in forensic pathology, who found large glass fibers, plastic and other materials that would have come from toxic dust in James Zadroga’s lungs. —

John Annese, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2024 The rollerblades are available up to men’s size 18 and are also reinforced with glass fiber in order to help provide additional support for those with a taller or heavier build. —

Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2024 They are made up of glass fibers mixed with a type of plastic called a thermoset. —

IEEE Spectrum, 2 May 2024 And with light traveling 50 percent faster in a vacuum than through glass fiber, an orbiting mesh network could theoretically connect users in, say, London and New York, much quicker than undersea cables. —

IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for glass fiber

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