lase

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from laser, as if removing -er. Compare mase. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleɪz/ Homophones: lays, laze Rhymes: -eɪz === Verb === lase (third-person singular simple present lases, present participle lasing, simple past and past participle lased) (transitive) To use a laser beam on, as for cutting. 2010 (publication date), Daniel Lametti, "The Proton Gets Small(er)", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 67: When a laser zaps an electron orbiting a proton, the electron undergoes what is called the Lamb shift, absorbing energy and jumping to a higher energy level. […] But instead of lasing electrons, Knowles examined protons with particles called muons, which he calls "the electron's fat cousin." (transitive) To use a laser beam on, as for targeting or rangefinding. (intransitive) To operate as a laser; to release coherent light due to stimulation. 1988, Theodore H. Maiman, in an interview, to Richard Rhodes: Charles Townes' comments that it turned out to be easy to make the first laser and that anything will lase if you hit it hard enough are incredible statements to me. If it was so easy, why didn't Columbia, Bell Labs, or TRG pull it off? They each had a head start, plenty of money, and heavy staffing. === Anagrams === ASLE, Ales, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, leas, sale, seal, sela == Estonian == === Alternative forms === las === Verb === lase second-person singular imperative of laskma ==== Usage notes ==== lase governs the adessive (verb in the infinitive), las governs the nominative (verb in corresponding person, in the present). == Inari Sami == === Etymology === From Proto-Samic *lësē. === Pronunciation === === Noun === lase addition, increase ==== Inflection ==== === Further reading === lase in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022), Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎[1], Tromsø: UiT Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland == Latgalian == === Etymology === Cognates include Latvian lāse and Lithuanian lašas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlasʲæ] Hyphenation: la‧se === Noun === lase f (diminutive laseite) drop (of liquid) ==== Declension ==== === References === Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === lasse === Etymology === Univerbation of la (“with”) +‎ so (“this”). === Conjunction === lase (followed by a nasalizing relative clause) when, while whereas For quotations using this term, see Citations:lase. === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lasé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, §§ 480, 891, pages 303, 552–53; reprinted 2017 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlase] === Verb === lase third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of lăsa