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microlaser

microlaser adjective: of or pertaining to the use of lasers on very small scales.

Adjective

microlaser (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the use of lasers on very small scales.
    • The surgeon used microlaser techniques to repair the damage.

Noun

microlaser (plural microlasers)

  1. A microscopic laser, typically a few microns in size.
    • In 1989, the first dramatic demonstration of a microlaser was successfully performed by scientists based primarily at Bell Labs; they were able to manufacture one million lasers on a tiny chip smaller than a fingernail.1999, Michio Kaku, Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the Twenty-first Century, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 288

Forms of microlaser

pluralmicrolasers

Origin of microlaser

From micro- + laser.

Questions about microlaser

What does microlaser mean?
Microlaser means of or pertaining to the use of lasers on very small scales.
What part of speech is microlaser?
Microlaser can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near microlaser in the dictionary

  1. microlaryngeal
  2. microlaryngoscopic
  3. microlaryngoscopies
  4. microlaryngoscopy
  5. microlarynx
  6. microlaser
  7. microlasers
  8. microlattice
  9. microlattices
  10. microlayer
  11. microlayers

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