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lasing
Word definitions for lasing in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of lase English) Using a laser beam.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
lase \lase\ (l[=a]z) v. i. [imp. & p. p. lased (l[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. lasing .] [by back-formation from laser . See laser .] To give off a beam of coherent light; -- of a laser.
Usage examples of lasing.
Each projectile consisted of a fission bomb contained in an ellipsoidal cavity shaped to feed a configuration of lasing material that would transform a large proportion of the detonation energy into fifty independently aimable beams of high-density X rays.
The satellites consisted of a main reaction chamber and fifteen lead pulse rods encasing a zinc lasing wire surrounding it, like knitting needles in a bag Of yarn - The reaction chamber was, in essence, a twenty kiloton uranium bomb-roughly equal to the destructive power of the first atom bomb that exploded over Hiroshima, Ice Fortress sensors would track any attacking intercontinental ballistic missiles and eject the X-ray laser satellites toward them.
The plasma generator doesn't need to be a multimegawatt monster-all we need is a large pulse for a hundredth of a second to excite the neodymium lasing amplifier chips.
It uses a controlled nuclear reaction to,create the electron-particle stream necessary for lasing.