Term: fiber optics: the transmission of light signals via glass fibers
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: characterization: the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features → 0
Candidate hypernym: south america: the nations of the South American continent collectively → 0
Candidate hypernym: decile: (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores → 0
Candidate hypernym: serratus posterior inferior: a thin quadrilateral muscle at the junction of the thoracic and lumbar regions; acts to counteract the pull of the diaphragm on the ribs to which it is attached → 0
Candidate hypernym: saddle seat: a chair seat that is slightly concave and sometimes has a thickened ridge in the center → 0
Candidate hypernym: gluteus: any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh → 0
Candidate hypernym: gross national product: former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr) → 0
Candidate hypernym: lameness: disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet → 0
Candidate hypernym: rubbish: worthless material that is to be disposed of → 0
Candidate hypernym: viomycin: a basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis → 0