Tronus_Rex wrote:Shadowman wrote:Tronus_Rex wrote:Yes they are Shad', a laser is a short for electrolaser which is a type of plasma, not just "hot" light. I'm sure you can check an encyclopedia to see for yourself.
It's short for "
Light
amplification by
stimulated
emission of
radiation." Way to fail. Again. you probably should have checked an encyclopedia yourself.
Fail nothing Shad'-haha!-in the context of a weapons, or weaponized lasers, proper term is electrolaser, electron coming before l.a.s.e.r. & also being the full term. You read the cleaned up version of l.a.s.e.r., which most people don't know.
Electron light amplification stimulation emission radiation & it's twin
photon light amplification stimulation emission radiation, or
phaser.
[Addition after checking again on: "phaser"] I just looked at a favorite book of mine for sci-fi related tech.
Laser,
electrolaser,
phaser, ETC. aren't the only fun beams of focused death-radiatioin
they're are more
I double checked when I read,
phaser, which made me wonder because, it drops the "L" & adds "Ph" for photon. Phaser isn't just simply charged photons, that's something different, anyway-I won't bore you further, but the first idea for lasers used electron, photon, & a few more atoms, when created. Point is we were both right and wrong, just inaccurate.
When talking about something as simple as a laser from a pointer or a targeter, then yes, you're correct, as focused light it's just laser. But in the context of a lightsaber which is a weapon, electrolaser is the correct term as well as the full term. [-PS Edit: because it's a plasma based laser, which fits Lucas's impossible explanation
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