optic

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FPVs have an average range of 15 kilometers or longer if a signal repeater or optic fiber wires are used, allowing operators to sit far from the front lines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But on 9 February, a routine eye appointment showed swelling on her optic nerve, and a brain scan the same night confirmed she had a tumour.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The company makes the digital signal processors that turn electrical signals into light pulses so that data can travel quickly through fiber optic cables.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Realizing it, I made my own optic adjustment: I stopped even trying to smile.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama