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mode-locked

mode-locked adjective: describing a laser in which several modes of oscillation are synchronized so as to generate a strong, short pulse of light.

Adjective

mode-locked (not comparable)

  1. Describing a laser in which several modes of oscillation are synchronized so as to generate a strong, short pulse of light.

Questions about mode-locked

What does mode-locked mean?
Mode-locked means describing a laser in which several modes of oscillation are synchronized so as to generate a strong, short pulse of light.
What part of speech is mode-locked?
Mode-locked is an adjective.

Words near mode-locked in the dictionary

  1. mode of production
  2. mode of thought
  3. mode of transport
  4. Mode S
  5. Mode X
  6. mode-locked
  7. moded
  8. Modekngei
  9. model
  10. model act
  11. model aircraft

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