Meaning

A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light..

Definitions by Sense

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.
4. (uncountable, medicine) Ellipsis of laser hair removal.
5. (transitive) To cut, destroy or treat with a laser.
6. (sports, informal, transitive) To throw or kick with laser-like precision.
7. (aviation) To point a laser at an aircraft, potentially disorienting the pilot or pilots.
8. A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.

Example Sentences

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

I've still got a few more sessions of laser to get rid of the rest of my facial hair.

I'm having my eyes lasered to correct my astigmatism.

None was any more sensational than No.6, a fantastic 27-23 last-gasp win over the Arizona Cardinals, cemented by a brilliant toe-sticking TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining on a pass lasered by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

Word Forms

• lasers
• lasering
• lasered
• lasar

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