laser vs shimmer

laser

noun
  • A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam. 

  • A laser printer. 

  • A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light. 

  • Such a plant. 

  • A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants. 

verb
  • To cut with a laser. 

  • To throw or kick with laser-like precision. 

shimmer

noun
  • A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining. 

  • A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time. 

  • A thin electronic device that is fit inside a card reader, such as on automated teller machines (ATMs), or point-of-sale terminals (POS's), that acts as an intermediate interface between the chip on a chip-and-pin technology card and the chip reader of the machine, to allow one to clone the chip. 

verb
  • To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly. 

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