All 11 Uses
laser
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- You mean how Somers uses lasers to—†
Chpt 4. *lasers = optical devices that produce intense narrow beams of light
- From what little I understood, I gather that he shoots laser beams through the camera lenses to make a mathematical model of the lens.†
Chpt 4.laser = an optical device that produces an intense narrow beam of light
- A laser-computer system measured the space between the weights down to a fraction of an angstrom.†
Chpt 6.
- The other was new, a laser transmitter.†
Chpt 7.
- With the laser, they could send high-density transmissions without giving away the sub's position.†
Chpt 7.
- At twenty miles he had the choice of using full-sized or subcaliber rounds, the latter guided to their targets by a laser designator installed atop the main director tower.†
Chpt 9.
- Tests the previous year had determined that he could maintain a steady firing rate of one round every twenty seconds, with the laser shifting fire from one target to another until there were no more.†
Chpt 9.
- Backing farther off, he could still fire sabot rounds from fifty miles, and they could be directed to the target by a laser designator aboard the battlewagon's helicopter.†
Chpt 9.
- To help out with this, the Tarawa was bringing a pair of Apache attack helicopters, which carried lasers, air-to-air missiles, and their own air-to-surface missiles; they were antitank weapons expected to work well against small warships.†
Chpt 9.lasers = optical devices that produce intense narrow beams of light
- When the reconnaissance satellite located its higher flying cousin, a laser side-link transmitted the contents of the Albatross' tape bank.†
Chpt 16.laser = an optical device that produces an intense narrow beam of light
- We've been sneaking in a laser range every few minutes.†
Chpt 16.
Definitions:
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(1)
(laser) an optical device that produces a narrow beam of lightLASER is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)