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laser beam

laser beam noun: the light emitted by a laser.

laser beam: the light emitted by a laser
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Noun

laser beam (plural laser beams)

  1. The light emitted by a laser.
    • Depending on whether the laser beam is defocused or focused, the CO₂ laser can perform two distinct therapeuteic functions.1994, Stephen G. Brown, Medical Applications of Lasers II, page 2
    • i hate old people man. “i was in the war” congratulations. i’m gonna be in the next one and they have laser beams now2024 June 7, @coolmathgame_, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024
  2. A low, hard-hit or -thrown ball.
    • Ramirez hit a laser beam home run into the right center field seats leading the 10th inning off Boston closer Ken Ryan1995, Russell Schneider, Glorious Indian Summer of 1995: Season of Dreams...Cleveland, →ISBN, page 44
    • The batter hit a laser-beam to right field. A run for Cincinnati! Now the score was five to three.2005, Dallas Woodburn, 3 A.m.: A Collection of Short Stories, iUniverse, →ISBN

laser beam meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

laser beam in Tamil

லேசர் கதிர், லேசர் கற்றை

laser beam in Vietnamese

light from a laser
tia la-de, tia kích quang

Examples of laser beam in a sentence

  • Mantle hit a laser beam past my right knee.2009, P.J. Dragseth, Eye for Talent: Interviews with Veteran Baseball Scouts, McFarland, →ISBN, page 37:
  • The way he warmed up his famous arm by throwing laser beams out of a sleepy, feline half-windup to some bullpen lackey armed with the added protection of a catcher's mitt.2010, Josh Wilker, Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards, Seven Footer Press, →ISBN:
  • Just as he finished that sentence, Evan Longoria hit a laser beam over the left field fence.2012, Paul Kocak, Baseball's Starry Night: Reliving Major League Baseball's 2011 Wild Card Night of Shock and Awe, Digitature, →ISBN, page...
  • One reason the rookies weren't catching too many was that Bradshaw was throwing laser beams.2013, Roy Blount Jr., About Three Bricks Shy...And the Load Filled Up, Ballantine Books, →ISBN:

Synonyms of laser beam

Forms of laser beam

plurallaser beams

Questions about laser beam

What does laser beam mean?
Laser beam means the light emitted by a laser.
What is laser beam in Tamil?
Laser beam in Tamil is லேசர் கதிர், லேசர் கற்றை. See Laser beam meaning in Tamil.
How do you use laser beam in a sentence?
Mantle hit a laser beam past my right knee.
What part of speech is laser beam?
Laser beam is a noun.
What is the plural of laser beam?
The plural of laser beam is laser beams.

Words near laser beam in the dictionary

  1. Laseckis
  2. lased
  3. Lasek
  4. Laseks
  5. laser
  6. laser beam
  7. laser beams
  8. laser card
  9. laser cards
  10. laser cooling
  11. laser copier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laser beam (page history and authors); laser beam (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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