laser beam

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noun

a beam of radiation produced from a laser, used in surgery, communications, weapons systems, printing, recording and various industrial processes.

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Origin of laser beam

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby laser beam

Lasdun, lase, Lasègue's sign, laser, laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, laser beam, laser card, laser chemistry, laser cooling, laser diode, laserdisc

How to use laser beam in a sentence

Byron Leftwich, a freshman wide receiver hopeful, rifled another laser beam.
Byron Leftwich is a rising star on a Bucs coaching staff that shows the power of diversity|Adam Kilgore|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
A tweet can get from New York to Tokyo in less than a fifth of a second, but an even faster laser beam traveling at nature’s top speed takes more than a second to reach the moon.
The moon will soon have cell service|Charlie Wood|October 22, 2020|Popular-Science
As a result, the distances traveled by the laser beams would change, and the waves would fail to cancel each other out.
Why you don’t really know what you know|Katie McLean|October 21, 2020|MIT Technology Review
The researchers used a laser beam as their barrier and turned on a magnetic field inside it.
Quantum Tunnels Show How Particles Can Break the Speed of Light|Natalie Wolchover|October 20, 2020|Quanta Magazine

Each craft was armed with essentially a laser beam that simulated the use of machine guns.
An F-16 pilot took on A.I. in a dogfight. Here’s who won|Aaron Pressman|August 20, 2020|Fortune
Initially, it will be able to carry 1,000-pound satellite-guided bombs or 500-pound laser-guided weapons.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Where these laser-like missiles are falling out of the sky onto a city and you have to stop each of them from hitting the targets?
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Back then, no one ever imagined needing to beam live video to ground troops from a fighter jet.
Newest U.S. Stealth Fighter ‘10 Years Behind’ Older Jets|Dave Majumdar|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The laser-wielding robot is a real threat,” Hetflaisz says.
Damien Hirst’s Army of Geppettos|Tim Teeman|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Obama is widely believed to tap an ex-physicist who cuts military waste like a laser to become the next secretary of defense.
Ashton Carter, the Wonk Who Would Lead the Pentagon|Shane Harris, Tim Mak|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The latter went immediately to look for his wife, and found her hidden in an attic, hanging to a beam.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Cast the beam from thine eye before noticing the mote in that of thy neighbour.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
It was placed immediately over the shaft and pump-rods, requiring no engine-beam.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
A connecting rod worked a balance-beam, which worked the air-pump, feed-pump, and plug-rod for moving the valves.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
A large balance-beam was attached to the pump-rods, near the bottom cross-head.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick