holometer

English

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Etymology

From holo- +‎ -meter.

Noun

holometer (plural holometers)

1. An instrument for making angular measurements.
2. (sciences) A device developed at Fermilab that measures the interference pattern of two noncollinear laser beams in order to explore the parameter space of holographic recording materials and the magnitude of changes induced by light.

Related terms

• holometric
• holometry

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “holometer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)