noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The use of a laser to raise an electron (in an atom or ion etc) back to a previous high state.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of repump form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

From repump + -ing.

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