phaser
noun
a device or software that changes a sound by copying it, filtering and shifting different parts of the signal by different amounts, and playing the copy back over the original.
phasers
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pluralof phaser.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There are phasers, communicators and tricorders from “Star Trek: The Original Series” from the 1960s, in addition to many costumes, including the formal dress tunic William Shatner wore as “Captain Kirk.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
“We’d have little cardboard phasers and cardboard tricorders, you know,” he said at an event for The Washington Post in 2016.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
“That’s not the case — we’ve got our phasers set to win and if anyone’s got green, it’s us!”
From The Verge ● Feb. 25, 2021
Set phasers to newsworthy: Paramount Pictures announced on Wednesday that it has two more Star Trek movies on the way, including one from Quentin Tarantino, but now new details are emerging about the other.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2018
Rafik showed them the new designs he’d been sketching for Star Trek phasers.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
