laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis
LASEK | a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea |
| laser trabecular surgery | eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor |
laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis
LASIK | a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea |
listening watch
continuous receiver watch | a watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watch |
| bar printer | an impact printer that uses a bar to carry the type slugs |
bubble jet printer
bubble-jet printer
bubblejet | a kind of ink-jet printer |
| chain printer | an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain |
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
| daisywheel printer | a printer that uses a daisy print wheel |
dot matrix printer
matrix printer
dot printer | a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix |
| drum printer | a line printer in which the type is mounted on a rotating drum that contains a full character set for each printing position |
| electrostatic printer | a printer that uses an electric charge to deposit toner on paper |
| impact printer | a printer that prints by mechanical impacts |
| ink-jet printer | a printer that produces characters by projecting electrically charged droplets of ink |
laser
optical maser | an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light |
laser-guided bomb
LGB | a smart bomb that seeks the laser light reflected off of the target and uses it to correct its descent, laser-guided bombs cannot be used in cloudy weather |
| laser printer | electrostatic printer that focuses a laser beam to form images that are transferred to paper electrostatically |
line printer
line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
page printer
page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
printer
printing machine | a machine that prints |
| printer | (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing |
| printer cable | a cable between a computer and a printer |
| thermal printer | a printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heat |
wire matrix printer
wire printer
stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
| xerographic printer | a page printer that uses the xerographic process |
steady state theory
continuous creation theory | (cosmology) the theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other, the steady state theory has been abandoned in favor of the big bang theory |
printer
pressman | someone whose occupation is printing |
| printer's devil | an apprentice in a printing establishment |
| laser beam | a beam of light generated by a laser |
progressive
progressive tense
imperfect
imperfect tense
continuous tense | a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going |
printer's ink
printing ink | a semisolid quick drying ink made especially for use in printing |
| continuous uninterrupted | continuing in time or space without interruption, a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light- James Jeans, a continuous bout of illness lasting six months, lived in continuous fear, a continuous row of warehouses, a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it, moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks |
| continuous | of a function or curve, extending without break or irregularity |