charles townes charlestown • charlestown navy yard · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · charles townes · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 14 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-). Synonyms: Townes, Charles Townes, Charles Hard Townes. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 w latin small letter w U+0077