YAG

[ yag ]

noun

1. a synthetic yttrium aluminum garnet, used for infrared lasers and as a gemstone.

Word History and Origins

Origin of YAG¹

1960–65; y(ttrium) a(luminum) g(arnet)

Example Sentences

This approach offers unparalleled sensitivity with a light yield approximately double that of commercially available BC-400 plastic thin-film scintillators and ten times greater than conventional bulk scintillators such as LYSO:Ce, BGO and YAG:Ce crystals.

From Science Daily

If they are going to stand and stare at the audience or place fortune cookies in a line on the floor and slowly crush them underfoot in a procession — both happen in “Yag” — their manner dares you not to find this activity compelling, while also communicating that if you don’t, it’s your loss.

From New York Times

And without the enlivening charisma, “Yag” essentially falls apart, becoming a mere grab bag of gimmicks, unconvincingly eccentric.

From New York Times

Gibney calls its version “Yag 2022,” but the main update seems to be the standard one of using the actual names of people in the cast.

From New York Times

There is only one work on the bill, an older one, “Yag,” which the highly influential choreographer Ohad Naharin created for Batsheva Dance Company in 1996.

From New York Times