interferometry

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English interfere

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der.

Latin -metriader.

Old French -métrieder.

English -metry

English interferometry

From interfere + -o- + -metry.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tə.fəˈɹɒ.mɪ.tɹi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.(t)ɚ.fəˈɹɑ.mɪ.tɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪtɹi, -ɑmɪtɹi
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧fe‧ro‧me‧try

Noun

interferometry (uncountable)

1. (physics) The design and use of optical or radio interferometers.

Derived terms

• interferometrist
• radio interferometry
• very-long-baseline interferometry

Translations

the design and use of optical or radio interferometers

• Dutch: interferometrie f
• Farefare: dãampuugmakrʋm
• French: interférométrie (fr) f
• German: Interferometrie f
• Irish: trasnamhéadracht f
• Japanese: 干渉法 (かんしょうほう, kanshōhō)
• Russian: интерферометрия (ru) f (interferometrija)
• Spanish: interferometría f