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optical tweezers

instrument using a highly focused laser to provide an attractive or repulsive force (on the order of piconewtons) to hold and move microscopic dielectric objects similar to tweezers
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optical tweezers

Summary

optical tweezers has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • tweezers is named after optical tweezers[2].
  • optical tweezers is a type of scientific instrument[3].
  • optical tweezers's Commons category is recorded as Optical tweezers[4].

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Definition and Type

optical tweezers is a type of scientific instrument[3].

Origins

tweezers is named after optical tweezers[2].

Why It Matters

optical tweezers has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['2NsCaP', '1OQN31']
    Named after → —
    Named after → tweezers
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