optical tweezer
optical tweezer · optical tweezers
A scientific instrument that uses a highly focused laser beam to hold and move the…A scientific instrument that uses a highly focused laser beam to hold and move the microscopic or smaller objects such as atoms and droplets, in a manner similar to tweezers.
Meaning
1 sensesA scientific instrument that uses a highly focused laser beam to hold and move the microscopic or smaller objects such as atoms and droplets, in a manner similar to tweezers.
Forms
plural: optical tweezers| Singular | optical tweezer |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedoptical levitation
See also
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