lasers

plural of laser
as in spotlights
a device that produces a narrow and powerful stream of light that has many special uses in medicine, industry, etc. doctors using a laser to perform delicate eye surgery

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Recent Examples of lasers Greatly simplified, Atom Computing uses lasers like tweezers to trap, control and arrange individual ytterbium atoms into an array. Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 There was no talk of space lasers causing the California wildfires or other such unscientific claims. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024

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“Lasers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lasers. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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