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Laser - the origin Mar 25, 2020 2:20:35 GMT Bestem♥r likes this

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Post by ray on Mar 25, 2020 2:20:35 GMT

The word 'laser', first coined in 1957, is an acronym for 'light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation'. Since that -er ending makes a laser seem like a doer of ... something, it soon spawned the verb 'to lase'.

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