"optical trap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: optical traps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} optical trap (plural optical traps)
  1. (physics) A device that employs a focused laser beam to trap, manipulate and image very small particles Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: optical tweezers
    Sense id: en-optical_trap-en-noun-YoZya14b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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