English Explanatory Dictionary

laser

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
  2. A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.
  3. A laser printer.
  4. Ellipsis of laser hair removal.
verb
  1. To cut, destroy or treat with a laser.
  2. To throw or kick with laser-like precision.
  3. To point a laser at an aircraft, potentially disorienting the pilot or pilots.
noun
  1. A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
  2. Such a plant.
noun
  1. A simple type of dinghy
noun
  1. Acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.

Pronunciation

/ˈleɪz.ə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-laser.wav /ˈleɪzɚ/ /ˈleɪs.ə(ɹ)/

Word forms

laser lasers lasering lasered lasar

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin amplificō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin amplificātiōlbor. English amplification Latin stimulus Latin stimulo Latin stimulatusbor. English stimulate English -ed English stimulated English emission English radiation English LASER English laser From LASER, acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Coined by American physicist Gordon Gould in 1957. Originally called an optical maser.

Synonyms

LASER optical maser

Related words

Taser laserpicium Laserpithium silphium silfium silphion MASER GRASER PHASER

Derived words

antilaser atom laser biolaser chemical laser CO2 laser diodelaser endolaser excimer laser femtolaser fiber laser gyrolaser iraser lase laserable laser beam laserbrain laser card laser cooling laser copier laser diode Laserdisc laser disc laser disk laser eye surgery laser focus laser-focused lasergun laser gun laser-gun laser haemorrhoidoplasty laser hemorrhoidoplasty laser harp laserist laserless laser-like laserlike laser pen laser-plasma accelerator laser pointer laser printer laserproof laserpuncture laser rot laser-sharp laser surgery laser tag laser typeset laser typesetting laser whip laserwort LASIK maser microlaser MOPA laser multilaser nanolaser Newton's flaming laser sword Newton's laser sword nonlaser quantum cascade laser

Translations

Albanian: lazer Arabic: لَيْزِر Armenian: լազեր Azerbaijani: lazer Basque: laser Belarusian: ла́зер Bengali: লেজার Bulgarian: ла́зер Burmese: လေဆာ Catalan: làser Cebuano: laser Chinese Cantonese: 激光 Chinese Cantonese: 雷射 Chinese Cantonese: 鐳射 /镭射 Hakka Chinese: 雷射 Chinese: 雷射 Chinese Mandarin: 激光 Chinese Mandarin: 雷射 Chinese Mandarin: 鐳射 /镭射 Czech: laser Danish: laser Dutch: laser Esperanto: lasero Estonian: laser Finnish: laser French: laser Georgian: ლაზერი German: Laser Greek: λέιζερ Hebrew: לייזר \ לֵיְזֶר Hindi: लेज़र Hindi: लेसर Hindi: लाजार Hungarian: lézer Icelandic: leysir Icelandic: leysigeisli Ido: lasero Indonesian: laser Italian: laser Japanese: レーザー Kazakh: лазер Khmer: ឧបករណ៍លេហ្សឺ Korean: 레이저 Kyrgyz: лазер Latvian: lāzers Lithuanian: lazeris Macedonian: ла́сер
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