Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the use of lasers on very small scales.
  • noun A microscopic laser, typically a few microns in size.

Etymologies

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From micro- +‎ laser.

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Examples

  • "Squirrel girl, upon finding that a batch of her facial nerves had died off, implanted a microlaser ray in her cheek, positioning the trigger so as to fire a beam strong enough to slice through bone every time she made her trademarked Squirrel Face..."

    I lose a bit of face Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • It had removed a single skin cell with a microlaser.

    The Heart of the Warrior John Gregory Bentacourt 2000

  • It had removed a single skin cell with a microlaser.

    The Heart of the Warrior John Gregory Bentacourt 2000

  • There was a microlaser torch in his tool belt; maybe he could cut his way through.

    Betrayal Lois Tilton 2000

  • The microlaser gently warms the tissues, which stiffens them, and that stops a person from snoring.

    Shattered Francis, Dick 2000

  • It had removed a single skin cell with a microlaser.

    The Heart of the Warrior John Gregory Bentacourt 2000

  • It had removed a single skin cell with a microlaser.

    The Heart of the Warrior John Gregory Bentacourt 2000

  • 'We'd been experimenting with shining a microlaser down a fine optical fibre placed in the soft tissues of the throat.

    Shattered Francis, Dick 2000

  • The microlaser, which was developed over the last year and a half in Zurich, is actually shorter than the wavelength of the light it emits, a feat made possible by the use of an electrical resonant circuit as opposed to the conventional optical one.

    Gizmodo Kyle VanHemert 2010

  • The Styla is dentistry's first microlaser, suitable for an array of soft tissue procedures, including biopsies, fibroma removal, gingival procedures, implant recovery, and treatment of canker sores and ulcers of oral mucosa.

    Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us 2009

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