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Pronunciation: (wāv'gīd"), [key] Electronics, Optics.
n.
a conduit, as a metal tube, coaxial cable, or strand of glass fibers, used as a conductor or directional transmitter for various kinds of electromagnetic waves. Cf. optical fiber.

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