maser

• (GenAm) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪzɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪzə(r)

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

maser (plural masers)

1. (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
2. (astronomy) Any celestial object that generates microwaves using the same method

• laser

See mazer.

maser (countable and uncountable, plural masers)

1. Obsolete spelling of mazer

• Mares, Marse, mares, marse, mears, rames, reams, smear

• maseri

From English maser.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːser/, [ˈmɑːs̠e̞r]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑser/, [ˈmɑs̠e̞r]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ser

maser

1. maser

From Anglo-Norman macer.

maser

1. Alternative form of macer

From Old English *maser, *mæser, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz; reinforced by Anglo-Norman mazer.

• mazer, masere, masour, maserre, mazere, macer, macher, masowyr, mausure, mazre, mazar

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːzər/, /ˈmaːzɛːr/

maser (plural masers)

1. A maple bowl or cup, often with metal inlay; a mazer.
2. The wood of the maple tree or similar wood.
3. (rare, surgery) A artificial bone made of maple to repair skull injuries
4. (rare) The maple tree (Acer campestre)

• English: mazer
• Scots: maser

• “māsē̆r (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

maser

1. present of mase

• IPA^(key): /mǎseːr/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ser

màsēr m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀се̄р)

1. masseur