n. 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
n. Any celestial object that generates microwaves using the same method
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Same as mazer.
n. An electronic device producing coherent monochromatic microwave radiation; it produces less noise than other forms of microwave oscillator.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An obsolete form of mazer.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an amplifier that works on the same principle as a laser and emits coherent microwave radiation
Word Usage
"It superseded the word maser, coined in 1950, meaning Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation."