laser beam

noun

: the narrow beam of light produced by a laser

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This technique reflects a laser beam off a distant mirror creating an interference pattern that depends on the distance and any changes in it. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024 The eye care professional then shines a laser beam into the patient’s eye to activate the drug in the new abnormal blood vessels, while sparing normal ones. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024 Directed energy weapons didn’t start the wildfires Some social media users said a video of a green laser beam is evidence that directed energy weapons were used to start the wildfires. Jeff Cercone, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Mar. 2024 Detecting changes in laser beam path length down to fractions of the width of a proton—which is how much spacetime wobbles and warps when a gravitational wave passes through—is often a game of false positives. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2019 See all Example Sentences for laser beam 

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“Laser beam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laser%20beam. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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