laser pointer

collocation in English

meaningsoflaserandpointer

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laser
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.zər/us
/ˈleɪ.zɚ/
(a device that produces) a powerful, narrow beam of light that can be used as a tool to cut metal, to perform medical operations, or to create patterns of light ...
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pointer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɔɪn.tər/us
/ˈpɔɪn.t̬ɚ/
something that is used for pointing at things, such as a long, thin stick that you hold to direct attention to a place on a map or words on a board, or ...
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(Definition oflaserandpointerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thelaserpointeris mounted on the robot end effector, and its optical axis is coaxial with the symmetrical axis of the surgical tool.
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For the measurement of the angular offset, alaserpointeris used as the angular calibration device.
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The animal was trained to fixate at a spot projected by a redlaserpointer.
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The angular error is obtained by mounting alaserpointeron the robot, where the laser light is coaxial to the surgical tool axis.
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The first item sold on the site was a brokenlaserpointer.
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This is easily observable with a redlaserpointer.
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A dot of light from a redlaserpointermay be thought to be due to a laser gunsight, causing outrage and possible danger.
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He instructs people new to holography how to make simple holograms, for example by using alaserpointer.
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A similar pattern may be seen by shining alaserpointerat a compact disc.
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This is a low-powerlaserpointerused to indicate a target for a precision-guided munition, typically launched from an aircraft.
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For example, from experience it is clear that a thin cylinder might be a pen or alaserpointer, but not a computer mouse.
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It carries a multi sensor camera with day and night channels and alaserpointer.
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The wave of incidents may have been triggered in part by copycats who read press accounts oflaserpointerincidents.
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This effect can also be produced by shining alaserpointerat a slightly oblique angle through a piece of ulexite.
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An example is when a redlaserpointerilluminates the end of a finger - the light scatters throughout all of the tissue in the finger.
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By late 2000, holography kits with the inexpensivelaserpointerdiodes entered the mainstream consumer market.
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Longarm quilting machine operators may trace a pantograph, paper pattern, with alaserpointerto stitch a custom pattern onto the quilt.
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Chase is playing with alaserpointerand has an epiphany.
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