Lamp vs Laser - What's the difference?
lamp | laser |
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation.
A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
(slang) to hit, clout, belt, wallop
to hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping
(slang) to hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular
A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
A laser printer.
* 2004 , PC Mag (volume 23, number 9, 18 May 2004, page 117)
To cut with a
(sports) To throw with laser-like precision
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As an acronym lamp
is (internet) linux, apache, (mysql), and php — a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server.As a noun laser is
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(wikipedia lamp)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* Davy lamp * table lampVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
*References
* 1000 English basic words ----laser
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Etymology 1
From LASER, Originally called an optical maser .Noun
(wikipedia laser) (en noun)- The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.
Synonyms
* LASER ( acronym of light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation ) * optical maser , optical MASERSee also
* TaserVerb
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