laser beam

noun

1. a beam of radiation produced from a laser, used in surgery, communications, weapons systems, printing, recording and various industrial processes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of laser beam¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

The plane sends out thousands of laser beams.

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Such a laser beam would hit the fuel capsule with a powerful punch.

From BBC

Propelled by laser beams, the particles reached high velocities, on the order of a few hundred meters per second.

From Science Daily

To manipulate and arrange atoms, physicists typically first cool a cloud of atoms to temperatures approaching absolute zero, then use a system of laser beams to corral the atoms into an optical trap.

From Science Daily

In the study, published in Nature, the researchers subjected the quantum material strontium titanate to short but intense laser beams of a peculiar wavelength and polarization, to induced magnetism.

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