Meanings
adjectivemicrolaser (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the use of lasers on very small scales.
The surgeon used microlaser techniques to repair the damage.
nounmicrolaser (plural microlasers)
plural microlasers
- A microscopic laser, typically a few microns in size.
In 1989, the first dramatic demonstration of a microlaser was successfully performed by scientists based primarily at Bell Labs; they were able to manufacture one million lasers on a tiny chip smaller than a fingernail.
1999, Michio Kaku, Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the Twenty-first Century, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 288
Origin
- Englishmicro-
- Proto-Germanic*leuhtą
- Proto-West Germanic*leuht
- Old Englishlēoht
- Middle Englishlight
- Englishlight
- Englishamplification
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)tey-?
- Latinstimulus
- Latinstimulo
- Latinstimulatus
- Englishstimulate
- Englishstimulated
- Latinēmittō
- Latinēmissiō
- Middle Frenchémission
- Englishemission
- Latinradiatio
- Englishradiation
- EnglishLASER
- Englishlaser
- Englishmicrolaser
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APA
microlaser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microlaser
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“microlaser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microlaser. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microlaser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microlaser.
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