laser pointer

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noun

a portable laser that emits monochromatic light over a long and narrow distance, used especially as a pointing device.

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Origin of laser pointer

First recorded in 1975–80

Words nearby laser pointer

laser diode, laserdisc, laser disk, La Serena, laser-guided weapons, laser pointer, laser printer, laser pump, laser ring gyro, laserscope, laser sight

How to use laser pointer in a sentence

Some of this technology, from counter-drone microwaves to pilot- or sensor-blinding laser pointers, is available and in use today.
The US military wants force fields that could stop nuclear missiles|Rob Verger|July 29, 2021|Popular-Science
All you need is a dark room, a laser pointer, some cardboard, tape — and of course, some hair.
Let’s learn about light|Bethany Brookshire|March 23, 2021|Science News For Students
Toggles on gaming controllers allow users to pick items up, draw images in midair and use laser pointers to spotlight specific areas on the satellite or elsewhere in the room.
Space Force is using virtual-reality headsets to train its Guardians to work on satellites|Dalvin Brown|March 12, 2021|Washington Post
They described many of the injuries as sprains and bruised arms and legs, but many others appear far more serious and caused by repeated blows from sticks, poles and clubs and laser pointers shined into officers’ eyes.
Beaten, sprayed with mace and hit with stun guns: police describe injuries to dozens of officers during assault on U.S. Capitol|Peter Hermann, Julie Zauzmer|January 12, 2021|Washington Post

A Virginia woman pleaded guilty Monday to aiming a laser pointer at a police aircraft during the protest of a Confederate memorial in Richmond in the spring, authorities said.
Woman pleads guilty after aiming laser pointer at police aircraft during protest|Justin Wm. Moyer|November 24, 2020|Washington Post
Therefore, it is not possible for any F-35 schedule to include a video data link or infrared pointer at this point.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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
“The laser-wielding robot is a real threat,” Hetflaisz says.
Damien Hirst’s Army of Geppettos|Tim Teeman|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His long pointer was dancing a fanciful figure on the gigantic map of Russia.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
He dropped a slender pointer upon the wire and engaged its grooved tip, and then the flying was out of his hands.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931|Various
Roly had seen the pole and pointer used in New England, but the idea of sewing the hook inside of the bait-fish was a novel one.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail|Arthur R. Thompson
The position of the contact B may be indicated on the scale by a slender pointer, attached to the handle controlling the arm L.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
I had not learned to question any emotion, and introspection troubled me no more than it did my pointer dog.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough