PHASER

Etymology

• For the fictional weapon coined for Star Trek: originally a "ph(oton ma)ser," later changed canonically to a "phas(ed)-e(nergy) r(ectifier)" (of "nadions", not photons).

Noun

phaser (plural phasers)

(music) An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc.

(science fiction) Fictional energy weapon, with multiple settings for degree of intensity, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69).

Verb

phaser (third-person singular simple present phasers, present participle phasering, simple past and past participle phasered)

(scifi, transitive) To shoot with a phaser weapon.

Anagrams

• E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Sherpa, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phrase, raphes, seraph, shaper, sharpe, sherpa, shrape, sphear

Source: Wiktionary



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