0 (a device that produces) a powerful, narrow beam of light that can be used as a tool to cut metal, to perform medical operations, or to create patterns of light for entertainment:
1 a device that produces a powerful, highly controlled, narrow beam of light:
2 a device that produces a powerful narrow beam of light that can be used as a tool, for example to cut metal, to perform medical operations, etc. The beam of light is also known as a laser:
The tube that carries the laser is introduced into the abdomen through a small cut in the skin.
The laser beam heals the eye painlessly.
The laser guidance system dramatically increases the likelihood that the missile will strike home.
During surgery, doctors sometimes use a laser beam to vaporize tiny blood vessels.
There was a laser show by the harbour.
The optimal position of the focal spot was found to be at the distance of 6 mm before the laser-produced plume.
Analytical description of rippling effect and ion acceleration in plasma produced by a short laser pulse.
On the interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with cluster targets.
