different between laser vs gaser

English

Etymology 1

From LASER, acronym of Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Coined by American physicist Gordon Gould in 1957. Originally called an optical maser.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?le?z.?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?le?z?/
• Rhymes: -e?z?(r)

Noun

laser (plural lasers)

1. A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
2. A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.
3. A laser printer.
   • 2004, PC Mag (volume 23, number 9, 18 May 2004, page 117)

     The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.

Synonyms

• LASER (acronym of light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation)
• optical maser, optical MASER

Related terms

• antilaser
• lase
• laser beam
• Laserdisc, laser disc, laser disk
• laserless
• laserlike
• laser printer
• maser
• nonlaser
• quantum cascade laser

Translations

See also

• Taser

Verb

laser (third-person singular simple present lasers, present participle lasering, simple past and past participle lasered)

1. To cut with a laser
2. (sports) To throw with laser-like precision

Etymology 2

From Latin laser.

Alternative forms

• lasar

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?le?s.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?s?(r)
• Homophone: lacer

Noun

laser (plural lasers)

2. A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
3. Such a plant.

Related terms

• laserpicium
• Laserpithium

See also

• silphium, silfium, silphion

Anagrams

• Arels, Lares, Searl, arles, arsle, earls, lares, lears, rales, reals, saler, seral

Basque

Noun

laser inan

1. laser

Declension

Cebuano

Etymology

From English laser.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la?ser

Noun

laser

1. a device that produces laser
2. a laser beam

Czech

Noun

laser m

1. laser (source of light)

Derived terms

• laserový

Danish

Etymology 1

From English laser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?js?r/, [?l???s?] or IPA^(key): /la?s?r/, [?læ?s?]

Noun

laser c (singular definite laseren, plural indefinite lasere)

1. laser [from 1964]

Inflection

Etymology 2

See las (“rag, shred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?s?r/, [?læ?s?]

Noun

laser c

1. indefinite plural of las

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English laser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?.z?r/
• Hyphenation: la?ser
• Rhymes: -e?z?r
• Homophone: lezer

Noun

laser m (plural lasers, diminutive lasertje n)

1. laser (monochromatic, coherent beam of light)
2. laser (device producing a monochromatic, coherent beam of light)
3. Laser (dinghy)

Derived terms

• laserpen
• laserpistool
• laserpointer
• laserprinter
• laserstraal

Finnish

Alternative forms

• laaser, laaseri, laseri

Etymology

From English laser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?(?)ser/, [?l?(?)s?e?r]
• IPA^(key): /?l?(?)seri/, [?l?(?)s?e?ri]
• Rhymes: -?ser, -??ser (pronunciation 1)
• Rhymes: -?seri, -??seri (pronunciation 2)
• Syllabification: la?ser

Noun

laser

1. laser

Declension

Anagrams

• resla

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.z??/

Etymology 1

From Latin laser

Noun

laser m (plural lasers)

1. laser (umbelliferous plant)

Etymology 2

From English laser

Noun

laser m (plural lasers)

1. (physics) laser

Derived terms

• sabre laser

Italian

Etymology

From English laser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la.zer/

Noun

laser m (plural laser)

1. (physics) laser

Derived terms

• spada laser

Latin

Alternative forms

• l?sar

Noun

l?ser n (genitive l?seris); third declension

1. the juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida

   Laser e silphio profluens.

   The flowing juice from the silphium.

   Cuius sucus laser vocatur.

   Whose juice is called the juice of the laserpitium.

2. (botany) the plant laserpitium itself

   Lasaris radix.

   The root of the laserpitium.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

• laser in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English laser

Noun

laser m (definite singular laseren, indefinite plural lasere, definite plural laserne)

1. a laser

Derived terms

• laserbehandling
• laserstråle

References

• “laser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English laser

Noun

laser m (definite singular laseren, indefinite plural laserar, definite plural laserane)

1. a laser

Derived terms

• laserbehandling
• laserstråle

References

• “laser” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English laser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la.s?r/

Noun

laser m inan

1. laser

Declension

Derived terms

• laserowy

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lêiser (uncommon)

Noun

laser m (plural lasers)

1. laser (device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lâser/
• Hyphenation: la?ser

Noun

l?ser m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. laser

Declension

English

Etymology

Acronym of Gamma Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

Noun

gaser (plural gasers)

1. Alternative form of graser

Anagrams

• Agers, GRASE, Regas, SEGRA, Segar, agers, gears, rages, regas, sager, sarge, segar

Danish

Noun

gaser

1. plural indefinite of gase

Swedish

Noun

gaser

1. indefinite plural of gas

Anagrams

• segar, segra