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What is the difference between microwave and maser?

microwave | maser |

As nouns the difference between microwave and maser

is that microwave is an electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves while maser is 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.

As a verb microwave

is to cook (something) in a microwave oven.

microwave

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.
  • A microwave oven.
  • Derived terms

    * convection microwave * microwave-proof * microwave-safe

    See also

    * longwave, mediumwave, shortwave, radio wave * radio frequency, UHF, SHF * radio band, K band, Ka band, Ku band, X band

    Verb

  • To cook (something) in a microwave oven.
  • * '>citation
  • A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.

    Synonyms

    * (cook in a microwave oven) nuke (colloquial)

    Derived terms

    * microwavable, microwaveable * microwave-proof * microwave-safe

    See also

    * *

    maser

    English

    (wikipedia maser)

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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
    * astronomical maser * gas maser * solid-state maser * optical maser

    Etymology 2

    See mazer.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anagrams

    * * * * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

    (head)
  • ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • masseur
  • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , màs?r, maseri , maséra, masera , maseru, maserima , masera, masere , maseru, maseri , maseru, maserima , maserom, maserima }}