Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile used in piublic science discourse:
"A fibre laser works by first converting electricity to laser light, using lots of laser diodes, which are high-powered versions of what you might find in a CD player. That light is then channelled into a long, thin, spaghetti-like optical fibre…"
Nature Podcast
Andy Extance (science journalist/writer) interviewed on an episode (28th May 2015) of the Nature Podcast.
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Tags: fibre optics, lasers
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