INTERFEROMETER


Meaning of INTERFEROMETER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌin-tə(r)-fə-ˈrä-mə-tər, -ˌfi-ˈrä- ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1897

: an apparatus that utilizes the interference of waves (as of light) for precise determinations (as of distance or wavelength)

• in·ter·fer·o·met·ric -ˌfir-ə-ˈme-trik adjective

• in·ter·fer·o·met·ri·cal·ly -tri-k(ə-)lē adverb

• in·ter·fer·om·e·try -fə-ˈrä-mə-trē, -ˌfi-ˈrä- noun

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