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Q-switched

Q-switched is the simple past and past participle of Q-switch.

Meaning of Q-switch

Verb

Q-switch (third-person singular simple present Q-switches, present participle Q-switching, simple past and past participle Q-switched)

  1. (transitive) To use a Q-switch on (a laser).
    • A variety of methods are available to Q-switch a fiber laser. Most of them are adaptations of those used to Q-switch bulk lasers.2001, Michel J.F. Digonnet, Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers

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Questions about Q-switched

What is Q-switched the simple past and past participle of?
Q-switched is the simple past and past participle of Q-switch.

Words near Q-switched in the dictionary

  1. Q-spoil
  2. Q-spoiled
  3. Q-spoiling
  4. Q-spoils
  5. Q-switch
  6. Q-switched
  7. Q-switches
  8. Q-switching
  9. q-tip
  10. q-tips
  11. q-tof

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Q-switched (page history and authors); Q-switch (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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