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English

Etymology

Acronym for "surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"; compare laser. The phenomenon was first described by Bergman and Stockman in 2003, and the first such device was announced in 2009.

Noun

spaser (plural spasers)

1. (physics) The nanoplasmonic counterpart of a laser; a nanoscale source of optical fields with potential uses in nanoscale lithography, probing and microscopy.

Anagrams

• Arpses, Aspers, Spears, Speras, aspers, parses, passer, prases, presas, repass, sarpes, spares, sparse, spears

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

spaser

1. imperative of spasere

English

Etymology

From space +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spe?s?(?)/

• Rhymes: -e?s?(r)

Noun

spacer (plural spacers)

1. (sometimes science fiction) A person who works or lives in space.
2. An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
3. A bushing.
4. (slang) A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
5. (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
6. (historical) An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.

Translations

Anagrams

• CASREP, Casper, Pacers, Scaper, capers, crapes, e-scrap, escarp, pacers, parsec, recaps, scaper, scrape, secpar

Polish

Etymology

From German spazieren, Spazier(gang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spa.t?s?r/

Noun

spacer m inan (diminutive spacerek)

1. stroll, walk

   Synonym: przechadzka

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• spacer in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• spacer in Polish dictionaries at PWN