Interferometer

Origin

From interfere + -ometer.

Full definition of interferometer

Noun

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

• Fizeau interferometer
• intensity interferometer
• Mach-Zehnde interferometer
• Michelson interferometer
• Michelson stellar interferometer
• shearing interferometer
• Twyman-Green interferometer

Related terms

• interferometric
• interferometrically
• interferometry