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Laser vs Profilometry - What's the difference?

laser | profilometry |

As nouns the difference between laser and profilometry

is that laser is a device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light or laser can be a gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants while profilometry is the use of a technique in the measurement and profiling of an object.

As a verb laser

is to cut with a.

laser

English

Etymology 1

From LASER, Originally called an optical maser .

Noun

(wikipedia laser) (en noun)
  • 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)
  • 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 MASER
    See also
    * Taser

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut with a
  • (sports) To throw with laser-like precision
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 2, author=Dave Perkins, title=Steelers tiptoe past Cards, work=Toronto Star citation
  • , passage=None was any more sensational than No.6, a fantastic 27-23 last-gasp win over the Arizona Cardinals, cemented by a brilliant toe-sticking TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining on a pass lasered by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. }}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * lasar

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
  • Such a plant.
  • See also
    * silphium, silfium, silphion

    profilometry

    English

    Alternative forms

    * profilemetry

    Noun

    (profilometries)
  • The use of a technique in the measurement and profiling of an object.
  • The methodology of performing eddy current profiling of tubing.
  • :The profilometry of the tubing was conducted directly following the eddy current exam.
  • The technique in which a diamond stylus, in contact with a sample, measures surface variations as a function of position.
  • The use of a laser or white-light, computer-generated projections to perform surface measurements of three dimensional objects.
  • :Surface profilometry was used to measure the film thickness.
  • See also

    * eddy current