optical maser

1. 1.

   an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light

   Synonymslaser

   Broaderoptical device

   Part ofphotocoagulator

Questions about optical maser

What does optical maser mean?

optical maser means "an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light".

What is another word for optical maser?

Close synonyms include laser. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is optical maser a common word?

optical maser is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.