laser beam

noun

: the narrow beam of light produced by a laser

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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 Utilizing a new proprietary system that dims its backlighting with impressive accuracy, this TV is less a blunt force weapon as a mini LED laser beam, striking with white-hot precision. Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024 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 22 Dec. 2024.

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