laser
English

Red, green, and blue lasers
Etymology 1
From LASER, acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Coined by American physicist Gordon Gould in 1957. Originally called an optical maser.
Noun

Laser modules
laser (plural lasers)
- A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
- A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.
- A laser printer.
- 2004 May 18, PC Mag, volume 23, number 9, page 117:
- The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.
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Synonyms
- LASER (acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation)
- optical maser, optical MASER
Derived terms
- antilaser
- atom laser
- chemical laser
- CO2 laser
- excimer laser
- fiber laser
- lase
- laser beam
- laser card
- laser cooling
- laser copier
- laser diode
- laser disc
- laser disk
- laser eye surgery
- laser focus
- laser gun
- laser harp
- laser pen
- laser pointer
- laser printer
- laser rot
- laser surgery
- laser tag
- laser typeset
- laser typesetting
- laser-focused
- laser-gun
- laser-plasma accelerator
- laserist
- laserless
- laserlike
- laserproof
- laserpuncture
- LASIK
- maser
- MOPA laser
- Newton's flaming laser sword
- Newton's laser sword
- nonlaser
- quantum cascade laser
- Raman laser
- ring laser
Translations
device producing beam of light
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laser beam — see laser beam
laser printer — see laser printer
See also
Verb
laser (third-person singular simple present lasers, present participle lasering, simple past and past participle lasered)
- To cut with a laser.
- (sports) To throw or kick with laser-like precision.
- 2009 February 2, Dave Perkins, “Steelers tiptoe past Cards”, in Toronto Star:
- None was any more sensational than No.6, a fantastic 27-23 last-gasp win over the Arizona Cardinals, cemented by a brilliant toe-sticking TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining on a pass lasered by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
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Alternative forms
Related terms
- laserpicium
- Laserpithium
Basque
Declension
Declension of laser (inanimate, ending in -r)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | laser | laserra | laserrak |
ergative | laserrek | laserrak | laserrek |
dative | laserri | laserrari | laserrei |
genitive | laserren | laserraren | laserren |
comitative | laserrekin | laserrarekin | laserrekin |
causative | laserrengatik | laserrarengatik | laserrengatik |
benefactive | laserrentzat | laserrarentzat | laserrentzat |
instrumental | laserrez | laserraz | laserrez |
inessive | laserretan | laserrean | laserretan |
locative | laserretako | laserreko | laserretako |
allative | laserretara | laserrera | laserretara |
terminative | laserretaraino | laserreraino | laserretaraino |
directive | laserretarantz | laserrerantz | laserretarantz |
destinative | laserretarako | laserrerako | laserretarako |
ablative | laserretatik | laserretik | laserretatik |
partitive | laserrik | — | — |
prolative | lasertzat | — | — |
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧ser
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛjzr̩]
Declension
Declension of laser (hard masculine inanimate)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | laser | lasery |
genitive | laseru | laserů |
dative | laseru | laserům |
accusative | laser | lasery |
vocative | lasere | lasery |
locative | laseru | laserech |
instrumental | laserem | lasery |
Derived terms
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛjsər/, [ˈlɛɪ̯sɐ] or IPA(key): /laːsər/, [ˈlæːsɐ]
Inflection
Etymology 2
See las (“rag, shred”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laːsər/, [ˈlæːsɐ]
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleː.zər/
- Hyphenation: la‧ser
- Rhymes: -eːzər
- Homophone: lezer
Noun
laser m (plural lasers, diminutive lasertje n)
Derived terms
- laserpen
- laserpistool
- laserpointer
- laserprinter
- laserscanner
- laserstraal
Finnish
Alternative forms
- laaser, laaseri, laseri
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑ(ː)ser/, [ˈlɑ(ː)s̠e̞r]
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑ(ː)seri/, [ˈlɑ(ː)s̠e̞ri]
- Rhymes: -ɑser, -ɑːser (pronunciation 1)
- Rhymes: -ɑseri, -ɑːseri (pronunciation 2)
- Syllabification(key): la‧ser
Declension
Inflection of laser (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | laser | laserit | ||
genitive | laserin | laserien lasereiden lasereitten | ||
partitive | laseria | lasereita lasereja | ||
illative | laseriin | lasereihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | laser | laserit | ||
accusative | nom. | laser | laserit | |
gen. | laserin | |||
genitive | laserin | laserien lasereiden lasereitten | ||
partitive | laseria | lasereita lasereja | ||
inessive | laserissa | lasereissa | ||
elative | laserista | lasereista | ||
illative | laseriin | lasereihin | ||
adessive | laserilla | lasereilla | ||
ablative | laserilta | lasereilta | ||
allative | laserille | lasereille | ||
essive | laserina | lasereina | ||
translative | laseriksi | lasereiksi | ||
instructive | — | laserein | ||
abessive | laseritta | lasereitta | ||
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.zɛʁ/
Derived terms
Further reading
- “laser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈla.zer/[1]
- Rhymes: -azer
- Hyphenation: là‧ser
Derived terms
References
- laser in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Alternative forms
Noun
lāser n (genitive lāseris); third declension
- the juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida
- Laser e silphio profluens.
- The flowing juice from the silphium.
- Cuius sucus laser vocatur.
- Whose juice is called the juice of the laserpitium.
- Laser e silphio profluens.
- (botany) the plant laserpitium itself
- Lasaris radix.
- The root of the laserpitium.
- Lasaris radix.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lāser | lāsera |
Genitive | lāseris | lāserum |
Dative | lāserī | lāseribus |
Accusative | lāser | lāsera |
Ablative | lāsere | lāseribus |
Vocative | lāser | lāsera |
References
- “laser”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
laser m (definite singular laseren, indefinite plural laserar, definite plural laserane)
- a laser
Derived terms
References
- “laser” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈla.sɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -asɛr
- Syllabification: la‧ser
Declension
Derived terms
- laserowy
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- lêiser (uncommon)
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lâser/
- Hyphenation: la‧ser
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