xaser
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Noun[edit]
xaser (plural xasers)
- (science fiction) An X-ray laser.
- 1970, Henry Lipson, Crystals and X-rays, page 190:
- If we could produce a 'Xaser', could we also produce an image of a crystal structure?
- 1978, Laser Focus, volume 14, numbers 7-12, page 57:
- Perhaps some day there will be an x-ray system — a xaser — although it will probably self-destruct on each operation.