Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gas_maser

1 sense of gas maser

Sense 1
gas maser -- (a maser in which microwave radiation interacts with gas molecules)
       => maser -- (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)