lase

American  

[leyz] / leɪz /

verb (used without object)

Optics.

lased, lasing

1. to give off coherent light, as in a laser.

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lase British  

/ leɪz /

verb

1. (intr) (of a substance, such as carbon dioxide or ruby) to be capable of acting as a laser

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Etymology

Origin of lase

First recorded in 1960–65; back formation from laser

Example Sentences

A cluster of journalists gathered on the mezzanine while below them visitors filtered past signs for She Lase and Zero Gravity Skin and a stand for a company called Eurosilicone that claims to have been “Empowering women for over 30 years”.

From The Guardian

But titanium-sapphire lasers struggle to achieve those energies because the big crystals needed for damage-free amplification tend to lase at right angles to the beam—thereby sapping energy from the pulses.

From Science Magazine

To lase, the GFP in the cells needed to be pumped with another laser, one that sends pulses of blue light at a low energy of about 1 nanojoule.

From Science Magazine

Sankar notes that the company expects better than 40% revenue growth in 2012, with EPS of better than $2 a share, as a result of strong demand and lengthy lead times for their lase spike anneal systems.

From Forbes

Although Maiman's synthetic ruby was the first substance made to "lase," it was far from the last.

From Time Magazine Archive