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Interferometer

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.

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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.

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zehndernoun	A surname.
interferogramnoun	An image produced by using an interferometer.
astrointerferometernoun	(astronomy) A combination of astronomical telescopes used as an interferometer
interference microscopenoun	An instrument used to study the differences in the phase of light transmitted through a specimen.
refractometernoun	(physics) An optical instrument used to measure the refractive index of a substance.
michelson interferometernoun	An optical interferometer that uses a beam splitter to split a light source into two arms, each of which is reflected back toward the beam splitter which then combines their amplitudes using the superposition principle. The resulting interference pattern is typically directed to a photoelectric detector or camera.
radio interferometrynoun	Interferometry using a radio interferometer
autorefractometernoun	(ophthalmology) A device that uses infrared light to measure the refractive status of the eye.
photometernoun	(physics) Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.
difractometernoun	Misspelling of diffractometer. [A device that uses diffraction (especially X-ray diffraction) to investigate the structure of matter.]
diffractometernoun	A device that uses diffraction (especially X-ray diffraction) to investigate the structure of matter.
ondometernoun	An instrument designed to measure wavelengths.
oscillometernoun	(physics, medicine) Any of several devices that measure oscillations
jamin interferometernoun	A kind of interferometer made up of two thick mirrors, so that the incident light is split into two parallel rays, displaced by an amount depending on the thickness of the mirror, and recombined at the second mirror to be displayed on a screen.
dispersometernoun	(physics) A device that measures optical dispersion.
abbe refractometernoun	(physics) An instrument used to measure the refractive index of a liquid, by utilizing the critical angle for total reflection.
keratorefractometernoun	An optical device that measures refraction of the cornea
radio interferometernoun	A radio telescope that has two or more separated receiving antennas in order to measure angular distances as small as one second of arc
mach-zehnder interferometernoun	A device used to determine the relative phase shift variations between two collimated beams derived by splitting light from a single source.
refractometrynoun	(physics) the measurement of refractive index