ruby laser

American

noun

a solid-state, pulsed laser that uses a ruby crystal to produce a very strong beam of red coherent light, used in making holographs and in cosmetic instruments.

Etymology

Origin of ruby laser

First recorded in 1955–60

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Within days of her arrival at Mount St. Helens, Brugman realized that a much faster instrument —a ruby laser ranger—would help speed up the process and give a confirmation to the numbers that they already had.

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But the ruby laser ranger wasn’t his to give out.

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Brugman came back to Mount St. Helens bearing the ruby laser ranger.

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“The bulge looked huge, inflated like a balloon,” remembered Mindy Brugman, who came to Coldwater II with another scientist, Carolyn Driedger, on Saturday to train David Johnston on the ruby laser ranger.

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And, like Brugman bringing in the ruby laser ranger and Voight adding his knowledge of landslides, the CVO is constantly updating their tools and developing new ones.

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