L.A.S.E.R., a word, or an abbreviation?

[Blarg King]

Laser
lAser
laSer
lasEr
laseR

 

[Eidetical]

Gordon Gould coined the acronym LASER before the first one was built. Ted Maiman originally called his invention an "atomic radio light". Bell Labs pushed the phrase "optical maser" for a few of the first years.

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Damn, I'm sure glad we ending up with LASER as the name. Imagine: "Atomic Radio Light Forums". "Sawnu Atomic Radio Lights". Guess it could be abbreviated too. Wicked ARLs, ARL Discord .lol

 

[Eidetical]

Good thing Gould didn't suggest light oscillation by stimulated emission of radiation.

 

[Unown (WILD)]

Star Wars Death Star: Fire the giant loser!

 

[Blarg King]

Its my favorite piece of nerd lore, that "Phaser" from Star Trek is derived from "Photon Maser" (Although to technically since masers use microwaves thats still photons) because "Laser" wasn't a common enough word yet. But in the early original series Phasers were essentially just lasers.

 

[Unown (WILD)]

Oh interesting. I thought phasers were phased energy hence the name.