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Noun: Charles Hard Townes
  1. United States physicist who developed the principles for the laser and maser, winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 (1915-2015)
    "Charles Hard Townes's work on the maser led directly to the development of the laser";
    - Townes, Charles Townes

Type of: physicist

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