gas maser

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   a maser in which microwave radiation interacts with gas molecules

   Broadermaser

Questions about gas maser

What does gas maser mean?

gas maser means "a maser in which microwave radiation interacts with gas molecules".

Is gas maser a common word?

gas maser is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.