What's the difference between maser and muser?

Maser


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Mazer.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This resembles the situation in mouse liver [E. Maser and K. J. Netter, Biochem Pharmacol 38: 3049-3054, 1989] where microsomal metyrapone reductase was inhibited by steroids and the purified enzyme was demonstrated to mediate androsterone oxidation.
  • (2) An equivalent electrical resonator can also be used to describe the active medium of masers.
  • (3) These findings lead to a new theory of static balance and the action of Corti's organ: the labyrinth functions as a traveling wave maser of which the cochlea is the slow wave structure.
  • (4) These results--together with previous findings, which have shown that there exist functional as well as structural relationships between microsomal mouse liver metyrapone reductase and 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas testosteroni [E. Maser, U. Oppermann and K. J. Netter, Eur J Pharmacol 183:1366, 1990]--suggest that metyrapone reduction in human liver microsomes might be catalysed by a microsomal hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.
  • (5) An AFL-1 helium-neon optical maser generation radiation at a wave of 632.8 mM and at an output power of 18-20 mW has been employed in the treatment of cystalgias in the past 5 years.
  • (6) Our experience utilizing a new design Lash-Maser silicone implant in the surgical management of impotence has been detailed.

Muser


Definition:

  • (n.) One who muses.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It takes in the Greek and Roman idea of the muse as source of the artist’s inspiration as well as the French “muser” – to meditate or waste time.

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