interferometer

English

Etymology

From interfer(e) +‎ -o- +‎ -meter.

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Noun

interferometer (plural interferometers)

1. (physics) 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.

Derived terms

• 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

Related terms

• interferometric
• interferometrically
• interferometry

Translations

instrument

Basque: interferometro (eu) Esperanto: interferomezurilo, interferometro French: interféromètre (fr) m German: Interferometer (de) m Irish: trasnamhéadar m Italian: interferometro (it) m Japanese: 干渉計 (kanshōkei) Malay: interferometer Polish: interferometr m Portuguese: interferómetro m (Portugal) Russian: интерферометр (ru) m (interferometr) Spanish: interferómetro (es) m Ukrainian: інтерферо́метр m (interferómetr)