1. phaser - Noun
2. phaser - Verb
(music) An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc.
(science fiction) Fictional energy weapon, with multiple settings for degree of intensity, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69).
A phase modulator
Alternative form of PHASR
phaser (third-person singular simple present phasers, present participle phasering, simple past and past participle phasered)
(science fiction, transitive) To shoot with a phaser weapon.
A similar change was seen in the starship-mounted phaser banks, which also fire bolts instead of beams. Source: Internet
Doctor Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ) manages to devise a cure, allowing the team to return to the ship. citation When Simon van Gelder enters the bridge armed with a phaser in " Dagger of the Mind ", Spock subdues him with a nerve pinch. Source: Internet
A phaser beam element was placed on top of the background plate, and Vargas' shots were optically dissolved into an airbrushed disintegration effect which matched Vargas' position in every frame. Source: Internet
In addition there is a second version of the sidearm that is bunker, completely metallic and without coloring, and without double sided barrels, giving it an even closer appearance to that of the phaser seen in the first two Star Trek films. Source: Internet
Nimoy also came up with the concept of the " Vulcan nerve pinch ", which he suggested as a replacement for the scripted knock out method of using the butt of his phaser. Source: Internet
Ships of this type are armed with a large phaser cannon (possibly a plasma cannon). Source: Internet