Used in a Sentence

laser

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for laser.

Editorial note

As a kid my parents took me to see the laser light show at the Grand Coulee Dam.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of laser gathered in one view.

noun

A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.

noun

A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.

noun

A laser printer.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for laser.

noun

A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.

noun

A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.

noun

A laser printer.

noun

A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.

Example sentences

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As a kid my parents took me to see the laser light show at the Grand Coulee Dam.

2

FWiW you can have 3 or even more frequencies in a laser beam coherent with each other, i.e.

3

And our laser-like focus on customer success and technical/operational excellence has enabled us to be a leader in identity management.

4

Actually stitched the tiles together and printed it on one page on our color laser printer...

5

But it makes the workplace less accessible to people who don't like cupcakes or laser tag.

6

Actually supercontinuum lasers are not a recombination of different (incoherent) lasers but rather a 'processed' output from a single laser.

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The red laser team were the first one to execute it on the iPhone 3GS.

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The red laser team might have come up with the idea independently or just learned about it from the Google Android contest.

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We are by no means reporting the first ever white laser, and in fact we cite several examples of previous setups used to produce white lasing.

10

Apparently this discovery is actually the first semiconductor white light laser, which is pretty neat - but not what the headline claims.

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With laser projectors can be made much smaller, and they can run cooler.

12

The new railguns and laser systems the Navys building are pretty neat and will probably end up having some civilian benefits in the future.

Quote examples

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A true "white" laser would be coherent on all frequencies, but I'm guessing that's pretty hard to accomplish (so limited holography uses).

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"Facebook is developing advanced telecommunications, complete with autonomous laser-firing drones, and it is doing it as if it were a big software project." ---- pretty cool!

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use laser in a sentence?

As a kid my parents took me to see the laser light show at the Grand Coulee Dam.

What does laser mean?

A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.

What part of speech is laser?

laser is commonly used as noun.