A laser dismantles the molecular structure of the object, and molecules remain suspended in the laser beam.

9 seconds sound clip from the TRON (1982) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:15:17 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Perfect!

- Beautiful.

- Hi, Alan.

- You two having fun disintegrating things down there?

- Not disintegrating, digitizing.

- A laser dismantles the molecular structure of the object, and molecules remain suspended in the laser beam.

- Then, when the computer plays out the model, the molecules fall back into place, and voila!

- Great. Can it send me to Hawaii?

- Yeah, but you've got to purchase your program 30 days in advance.

- How's it going upstairs?

[...]