maser
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From MASER, an acronym for "Microwave Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation".
Noun
maser (plural masers)
- (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
- (astronomy) Any celestial object that generates microwaves using the same method
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
beam of microwaves
Etymology 2
See mazer.
Noun
maser (countable and uncountable, plural masers)
Anagrams
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
maser
Declension
Inflection of maser (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | maseritta | masereitta | ||
instructive | — | maserein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman macer.
Noun
maser
- Alternative form of macer
Etymology 2
From Old English *maser, *mæser, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz; reinforced by Anglo-Norman mazer.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
maser (plural masers)
- A maple bowl or cup, often with metal inlay; a mazer.
- The wood of the maple tree or similar wood.
- (rare, surgery) A artificial bone made of maple to repair skull injuries
- (rare) The maple tree (Acer campestre)
Descendants
References
- “māsē̆r (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
maser
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
màsēr m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀се̄р)
Declension
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