lightguide

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noun

A waveguide used to guide light

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Meanings

nounlightguide (plural lightguides)

plural lightguides

  1. natural sciencesA waveguide used to guide light

    It was proven that the insertion of the thin lightguide does not spoil the time resolution and the light output.

    2015, Dominika Alfs, “Test of Lightguides for the J-PET Detector”, in arXiv

Origin

From light + guide.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

guidelight
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APA

lightguide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightguide

MLA

“lightguide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightguide. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lightguide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightguide.

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