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optical tweezers

optical tweezers noun: a scientific instrument that uses lasers to manipulate objects on the micron scale as if by using tweezers.

Noun

optical tweezers pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A scientific instrument that uses lasers to manipulate objects on the micron scale as if by using tweezers.

Questions about optical tweezers

What does optical tweezers mean?
Optical tweezers means a scientific instrument that uses lasers to manipulate objects on the micron scale as if by using tweezers.
What part of speech is optical tweezers?
Optical tweezers is a noun.

Words near optical tweezers in the dictionary

  1. optical trackpad
  2. optical trackpads
  3. optical trap
  4. optical traps
  5. optical tweezer
  6. optical tweezers
  7. optical wand
  8. optical wands
  9. opticality
  10. optically
  11. optically active

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