laser

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (2)  · 
“
Practically, by increasing the power of the Blu-ray diode, the laser will be able to actually penetrate deeper than before (4 layers-deep, to be more precise).

View all »
Definitions (5)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. noun Any of several devices that emit highly amplified and coherent radiation of one or more discrete frequencies. One of the most common lasers makes use of atoms in a metastable energy state that, as they decay to a lower energy level, stimulate others to decay, resulting in a cascade of emitted radiation.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (2)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • This is high-frequency laser, and it's enough with a fraction of a second to destroy the retina completely. —  Lennart Green does close-up card magic
  • On top is a plain white business envelope, with my name laser-printed in capital letters. —  EverywhereThatMaryWent
  • You could imagine that the top of the roof pulls down to reveal a giant laser, which is used as a tractor beam to smash the moon into Earth as the villain demands 700 million 700 billion dollars from the US Government. —  INHABITAT
  • My news-media outlet would focus on this like a laser, in fact it would be our primary purpose in life being a local news-organization as we understand it is our responsibility to uphold the Constitution of the United States and we know that big government and big media networks will never do it, it comes down to us, the local folks. —  Boston.com Most Popular
  • We shot at 50 feet because the laser is hard to see on the paper at 75 —  Tools of Renewal
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 75 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. l(ight) a(mplification by) s(timulated) e(mission of) r(adiation).

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. from Middle English laser = F. Portuguese laser = Spanish láser = Italian lasero, from Latin laser, juice of laserpitium.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈleɪsər/
by American Heritage
Hear a sound »

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word a few times a week.

Recently looked up

bonnie · bark · unbothered · Matara · vacant

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

Der dicke Dachdecker deckte dir dein Dach, drum dank dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker dir dein Dach deckte. · weitläufig · und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, so leben sie noch heute · redescheu · selbstverständlich