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carry light

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noun

Military.
  1. a searchlight used to illuminate a target while it is tracked and fired upon.


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Quantum mechanics operates on incredibly tiny scales, and scientists are constantly developing more precise tools to measure and control phenomena such as photons, the particles that carry light.

From Science Daily May 21, 2026

It had been assumed that neutrinos were essentially massless particles, like the photon particles that carry light.

From The Guardian Oct. 6, 2015

"Sure things" and "hot tips," while still plentiful, carry light weight with sophisticated investors.

From Time Magazine Archive

To make Newton's physics work, scientists presumed the existence of a substance called ether, which they thought was necessary to carry light waves through space.

From Time Magazine Archive

Examples occur in the wrought iron stanchions 665 that carry light hand railing.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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