Maser Definition

māzər
masers
noun
A device, operating at microwave frequencies, in which atoms or molecules are raised to a higher energy level and allowed to lose the energy by radiation that is emitted at a very precise frequency.
Webster's New World
A natural object or region of space that acts like a maser, as a star-forming region of intersellar space.
American Heritage
abbreviation
Abbreviation of microwave amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation.
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Other Word Forms of Maser

Noun

Singular:
maser
Plural:
masers

Origin of Maser

  • m(icrowave) a(mplification by) s(timulated) e(mission of) r(adiation)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Maser Sentence Examples

  • The village of Maser is 42 m.

  • In 1965 the first cosmic maser was discovered, in a region of OH gas close to a young star.

  • In this way the frequency of the transition observed in the fountain can be related to that of the hydrogen maser.

  • We have obtained 6 epochs of VLBA 22 GHz water maser data, monitoring the masers around the pulsating evolved star U Orionis.

  • The epoch 1 and 2 H 2 O maser data has been largely reduced.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAS

Words Ending With

RERSER

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