"PHASR" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From the fictional Star Trek weapon technology, the phaser. Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} PHASR
  1. (weaponry) Acronym of personnel halting and stimulation response. (a non-lethal laser weapon technology that causes temporary blindness) Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: personnel halting and stimulation response (extra: a non-lethal laser weapon technology that causes temporary blindness) Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-PHASR-en-name-bBaXpKsN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Noun

Forms: PHASRs [plural]
Etymology: From the fictional Star Trek weapon technology, the phaser. Head templates: {{en-noun}} PHASR (plural PHASRs)
  1. A gun or rifle implementing PHASR technology. Synonyms: phaser
    Sense id: en-PHASR-en-noun-GZc327YN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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