interferometer

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Meaning

1. noun 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.

Similar words

zehnder interferogram astrointerferometer interference microscope refractometer michelson interferometer radio interferometry autorefractometer photometer difractometer

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interferometers interferometric interferometrically interferometries interferometry