xaser

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noun

An X-ray laser.

OriginEnglish laser ← Latin radiatio ← Middle French émission →
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Meanings

nounxaser (plural xasers)

plural xasers

  1. literatureAn X-ray laser.

    If we could produce a 'Xaser', could we also produce an image of a crystal structure?

    1970, Henry Lipson, Crystals and X-rays, page 190
    1 more example

    Perhaps some day there will be an x-ray system — a xaser — although it will probably self-destruct on each operation.

    1978, Laser Focus, volume 14, numbers 7-12, page 57

Origin

  1. GermanX-Strahl
  2. EnglishX
  3. Englishray
  4. EnglishX-ray
  5. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lewktom
  7. Proto-Germanic*leuhtą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*leuht
  9. Old Englishlēoht
  10. Middle Englishlight
  11. Englishlight
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-lo-s
  14. Proto-Italic*amlos?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
  18. Proto-Italic*amβi-
  19. Latinambi-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  22. Proto-Italic*plēnos
  23. Latinplēnus?
  24. Latinambiplus?
  25. Latinamplus
  26. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  27. Proto-Italic*θakos
  28. Latinamplificō
  29. Latinamplificātiō
  30. Englishamplification
  31. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tey-?
  32. Latinstimulus
  33. Latinstimulo
  34. Latinstimulatus
  35. Englishstimulate
  36. Englishstimulated
  37. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  38. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  39. Proto-Italic*eks
  40. Latinex
  41. Latinex-
  42. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  43. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  44. Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
  45. Proto-Italic*meitō
  46. Old Latinmītō
  47. Latinmittō
  48. Latinēmittō
  49. Latinēmissiō
  50. Middle Frenchémission
  51. Englishemission
  52. Latinradius
  53. Latinradiō
  54. Latinradiatio
  55. Englishradiation
  56. EnglishLASER
  57. Englishlaser
  58. Englishxaser

Blend of X-ray + laser.

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APA

xaser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xaser

MLA

“xaser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xaser. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xaser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xaser.

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