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  1. An intensity setting of the fictional phaser energy weapon, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69), which non-lethally stuns its target.
    • Captain James Kirk: "Set your phaser on one quarter. I'll leave mine on stun." 1966 September 8, George Clayton Johnson, The Man Trap (Star Trek), season 1, episode 1:
  2. (idiomatic, informal) (usually after a plural noun), to a degree that is stunning.
    • It's all happening at once, right? All news streams on stun. Everything happening at the same time. 2020 September 28, The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel Maddow (actor):