Macrobending definitions

macrobending

in an optical fibre, all macroscopic deviations of the axis from a straight line with radii large compared with the fibre diameter ; distinguished from microbending
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Macrobending

Bend of radius much larger than the fibre core as opposed to micro-bending.
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