English Explanatory Dictionary

optical tweezer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A scientific instrument that uses a highly focused laser beam to hold and move the microscopic or smaller objects such as atoms and droplets, in a manner similar to tweezers.

Word forms

optical tweezer optical tweezers

Related words

optical levitation
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