Maser

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  • noun. A device that generates or amplifies electromagnetic radiation, especially microwaves, of a coherent wavelength by stimulated emission.
  • noun. A natural object or region of space that acts like a maser, as a star-forming region of intersellar space.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An obsolete form of mazer.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as mazer.
  • noun. An electronic device producing coherent monochromatic microwave radiation; it produces less noise than other forms of microwave oscillator.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Obsolete spelling of mazer.
  • noun. a device for the coherent amplification or generation of electromagnetic radiation (especially of microwave frequency) by the use of excitation energy in resonant atomic or molecular systems
  • noun. Any celestial object that generates microwaves using the same method
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  • noun. an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an amplifier that works on the same principle as a laser and emits coherent microwave radiation
    • Word Usage
    "It superseded the word maser, coined in 1950, meaning Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation."
    Hypernym
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    amplifier  
    Hyponym
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    gas maser  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blaser  Fraser  Frazer  Rukeyser  Taser  
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    Boer  actinic  barilla  bolt-action  compressed-air  
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    mazer  
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