PHASR

English

Etymology

Backformation from the fictional Star Trek weapon technology, the phaser.

Pronunciation

Homophones: phaser, phasor

Proper noun

PHASR

(weaponry) Acronym of personnel halting and stimulation response. (a non-lethal laser weapon technology) A laser blinding technology that causes temporary blindness to stop the individual so targetted, with personnel target location detection for self-limiting laser power output control
Hypernyms: APL, LASER

Coordinate term: TASER

Noun

PHASR (plural PHASRs)

A weapon implementing PHASR technology. A PHASR gun, a PHASR rifle.
Synonym: phaser

Hypernyms: APL, laser, raygun

Coordinate terms: taser, heatray

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