"laser beam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: laser beams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} laser beam (plural laser beams)
  1. The light emitted by a laser. Synonyms: rocket [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], bullet [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], laser [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], frozen rope [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] Translations (light from a laser): laser izpi (Basque), raig làser [masculine] (Catalan), laser (Cebuano), 激光束 (jīguāngshù) (Chinese Mandarin), laserstråle [common-gender] (Danish), laser-radio (Esperanto), lasersäde (Finnish), rayon laser [masculine] (French), Laserstrahl [masculine] (German), レーザー光 (rēzā-kō) (Japanese), レーザービーム (rēzābīmu) (Japanese), 레이저 빔 (reijeo bim) (Korean), taiaho (Maori), hihi taiaho (Maori), laserstråle [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), laserstråle [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), raio laser [masculine] (Portuguese), ла́зерный луч (lázernyj luč) [masculine] (Russian), rayo láser [masculine] (Spanish), laserstråle [common-gender] (Swedish), tia la-de (Vietnamese), tia kích quang (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-laser_beam-en-noun-Ed2~e35j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'light from a laser': 100 0
  2. (baseball) A low, hard-hit or -thrown ball. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-laser_beam-en-noun-51tBuA9m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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