English Explanatory Dictionary

interferometer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several instruments that use the interference of waves to determine wavelengths and wave velocities, determine refractive indices, measure small distances, temperature changes, stresses, and many other useful measurements.

Word forms

interferometer interferometers

Etymology

From interfer(e) + -o- + -meter.

Related words

interferometric interferometrically interferometry

Derived words

acoustic interferometer astrointerferometer Fizeau interferometer intensity interferometer Jamin interferometer Mach-Zehnde interferometer Mach-Zehnder interferometer Michelson interferometer Michelson stellar interferometer neutron interferometer radio interferometer shearing interferometer Twyman-Green interferometer
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