LASER

English

LASER

Noun

LASER (plural LASERs)

  1. Acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
    • 1963, Interior Department and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1964: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eighty-Eighth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5279, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 1307:
      The Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Idaho is cooperating in pioneer investigations of the possible use of LASERs in forest fire operation.

Synonyms

  • laser (conversion of acronym into noun)
  • optical MASER, optical maser

See also

  • GRASER
  • PHASER

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