maser

See also: MASER, Maser, masér, måser, and Mäser

English

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪzɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪzə(r)

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Etymology 1

From MASER, an acronym for "Microwave Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation".

Noun

maser (plural masers)

1. (physics) a device for the coherent amplification or generation of electromagnetic radiation (especially of microwave frequency) by the use of excitation energy in resonant atomic or molecular systems
2. (astronomy) Any celestial object that generates microwaves using the same method

Derived terms

Derived terms

• astronomical maser
• gas maser

• optical maser
• solid-state maser

Related terms

• laser

Translations

beam of microwaves

• Chinese: 激微波 (jī wéibō)
• Finnish: maser (fi)
• French: maser (fr) m
• German: Maser (de) m

• Italian: maser m
• Russian: ма́зер (ru) m (mázer)

Etymology 2

See mazer.

Noun

maser (countable and uncountable, plural masers)

1. Obsolete spelling of mazer

Anagrams

• Mares, Marse, mares, marse, mears, rames, reams, smear

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• maseri

Etymology

From English maser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːser/, [ˈmɑːs̠e̞r]

Noun

maser

1. maser

Declension

Inflection of maser (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		maser	maserit
genitive		maserin	maserien masereiden masereitten
partitive		maseria	masereita masereja
illative		maseriin	masereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		maser	maserit
accusative	nom.	maser	maserit
	gen.	maserin
genitive		maserin	maserien masereiden masereitten
partitive		maseria	masereita masereja
inessive		maserissa	masereissa
elative		maserista	masereista
illative		maseriin	masereihin
adessive		maserilla	masereilla
ablative		maserilta	masereilta
allative		maserille	masereille
essive		maserina	masereina
translative		maseriksi	masereiksi
instructive		—	maserein
abessive		maseritta	masereitta
comitative		—	masereineen

Possessive forms of maser (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	maserini	maserimme
2nd person	maserisi	maserinne
3rd person	maserinsa

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman macer.

Noun

maser

1. Alternative form of macer

Etymology 2

From Old English *maser, *mæser, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz; reinforced by Anglo-Norman mazer.

Alternative forms

• mazer, masere, masour, maserre, mazere, macer, macher, masowyr, mausure, mazre, mazar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːzər/, /ˈmaːzɛːr/

Noun

maser (plural masers)

1. A maple bowl or cup, often with metal inlay; a mazer.
2. The wood of the maple tree or similar wood.
3. (rare, surgery) A artificial bone made of maple to repair skull injuries
4. (rare) The maple tree (Acer campestre)

Descendants

• English: mazer
• Scots: maser

References

• “māsē̆r (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

maser

1. present of mase

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎseːr/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ser

Noun

màsēr m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀се̄р)

1. masseur

Declension

Declension of maser

	singular	plural
nominative	màsēr	maseri
genitive	maséra	masera
dative	maseru	maserima
accusative	masera	masere
vocative	maseru	maseri
locative	maseru	maserima
instrumental	maserom	maserima