Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

optical tweezer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: op-ti-cal tweez-er
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"This angular momentum has been transferred to macroscopic particles trapped in an optical tweezer causing them to rotate."
"In order to make calibrated measurements from single molecules two more items are required: (1) a four-quadrant photodiode position sensor (4QD) to accurately measure the position of the bead held in the optical tweezer (Figure 12.5); […]"

Inflected Forms

optical tweezers (plural)

Phrases

optical levitation

Frequently Paired Words

optical levitation

Questions

What does optical tweezer mean?: 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.

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