interferometer

English

Etymology

From interfer(e) +‎ -o- +‎ -meter.

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

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

 

Related terms

• interferometric
• interferometrically
• interferometry

Translations

instrument

• Basque: interferometro (eu)
• German: Interferometer (de) m
• Irish: trasnamhéadar m
• Italian: interferometro (it) m
• Japanese: 干渉計 (kanshōkei)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: interferometer
• Polish: interferometr m
• Russian: интерферометр (ru) m (interferometr)
• Spanish: interferómetro (es) m