profilometry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The use of a technique in the measurement and profiling of an object.
  2. The methodology of performing eddy current profiling of tubing.
  3. The technique in which a diamond stylus, in contact with a sample, measures surface variations as a function of position.
  4. The use of a laser or white-light, computer-generated projections to perform surface measurements of three dimensional objects.

Word forms

profilometry profilometries profilemetry

Etymology

From profile + -o- + -metry.

Related words

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