nanolaser

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noun

A laser that uses nanowires or similar devices to produce very fine beams of coherent light.

OriginEnglish laser ← Latin radiatio ← Middle French émission →
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Meanings

nounnanolaser (plural nanolasers)

plural nanolasers

  1. A laser that uses nanowires or similar devices to produce very fine beams of coherent light.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leuhtą
  5. Proto-West Germanic*leuht
  6. Old Englishlēoht
  7. Middle Englishlight
  8. Englishlight
  9. Englishamplification
  10. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tey-?
  11. Latinstimulus
  12. Latinstimulo
  13. Latinstimulatus
  14. Englishstimulate
  15. Englishstimulated
  16. Latinēmittō
  17. Latinēmissiō
  18. Middle Frenchémission
  19. Englishemission
  20. Latinradiatio
  21. Englishradiation
  22. EnglishLASER
  23. Englishlaser
  24. Englishnanolaser

From nano- + laser.

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Chicago

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