lase

See also: Lâse, läse, låse, and łase

English

Etymology

Back-formation from laser, as if removing -er. Compare mase.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪz/

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• Homophones: lays, laze
• Rhymes: -eɪz

Verb

lase (third-person singular simple present lases, present participle lasing, simple past and past participle lased)

1. (transitive) To use a laser beam on, as for cutting.

   The surgeon lased the elongated soft palate, cutting off the excess tissue and stopping the blood flow in one swipe.

   The physical chemist lased the atoms as they passed between the electrodes to study their motion.

   • 2010 (publication date), Daniel Lametti, "The Proton Gets Small(er)", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 67:

     When a laser zaps an electron orbiting a proton, the electron undergoes what is called the Lamb shift, absorbing energy and jumping to a higher energy level. […] But instead of lasing electrons, Knowles examined protons with particles called muons, which he calls "the electron's fat cousin."

2. (intransitive) To operate as a laser; to release coherent light due to stimulation.

   Once enough of the gas particles are in a higher energy state, they will begin to lase and give off a coherent beam.

   • 1988, Theodore H. Maiman, in an interview, to Richard Rhodes:

     Charles Townes' comments that it turned out to be easy to make the first laser and that anything will lase if you hit it hard enough are incredible statements to me. If it was so easy, why didn't Columbia, Bell Labs, or TRG pull it off? They each had a head start, plenty of money, and heavy staffing.

Anagrams

• ASLE, Ales, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, leas, sale, seal, sela

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Estonian

Alternative forms

• las

Verb

lase

1. second-person singular imperative of laskma

   Lase mul süüa.

   Let me eat.

Usage notes

lase governs the adessive (verb in the infinitive), las governs the nominative (verb in corresponding person, in the present).

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Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lësē.

Noun

lase

1. addition, increase

Inflection

Even e-stem, s-s gradation
Nominative	lase
Genitive	lase
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lase	laseh
Accusative	lase	loosijd
Genitive	lase	losij loosij
Illative	lasan	loosijd
Locative	laaseest	loosijn
Comitative	loosijn	losijguin
Abessive	lasettáá	losijttáá
Essive	lasseen
Partitive	lasseed
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Latgalian

Etymology

Cognates include Latvian lāse and Lithuanian lašas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlasʲæ/

Noun

lase f

1. drop (of a liquid)

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlase]

Verb

lase

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of lăsa