phaser
English
Etymology
- For the fictional weapon coined for Star Trek: originally a "ph(oton ma)ser," later changed canonically to a "phas(ed)-e(nergy) r(ectifier)" (of "nadions", not photons).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪzə(r)
Noun
phaser (plural phasers)
- (music) An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc.
- (science fiction) Fictional energy weapon, with multiple settings for degree of intensity, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69).[1]
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- 1995 July, THIS magazine, page 21:
- His oddly reserved nature stands out [...]. Whyte sets his phaser on stun, not kill.
- 1999, Dafydd ab Hugh, chapter 3, in Fallen Heroes [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; 5], New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books:
- A Bajoran rushed past with an armful of phaser rifles, another with a box of hand phasers.
- 2004, Hertiage Signature Auction #811, page 185:
- Giolitti's Gold Key art is widely admired, [...] and this is a terrific opportunity to pick up a page—set your phasers on bid.
- 2009, Meg Gardiner, China Lake, →ISBN:
- I said, "Set phasers on be-a-bastard."
Translations
an electronic device that produces special effects on the sound
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See also
(science fiction energy weapon):
- beam cannon / beam weapon
- blaster / blaster cannon / blaster gun / blaster pistol / blaster rifle
- death ray / death ray projector
- disintegrator
- laser / laser cannon / laser gun / laser pistol / laser rifle / laser weapon
- particle cannon / particle gun / particle rifle / particle weapon
- ray gun
Verb
phaser (third-person singular simple present phasers, present participle phasering, simple past and past participle phasered)
- (science fiction, transitive) To shoot with a phaser weapon.
References
- ^ Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “phaser”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 145.