interferometer noun. [ɪntǝfǝ'rɒmɪtǝ] L19.
[from INTERFERE + -OMETER.]
An instrument in which wave interference is employed to make precise measurements of length or displacement in terms of the wavelength.

■ ,interfero'metric adjective of or pertaining to interferometry; employing or of the nature of an interferometer: M20.

■ ,interfero'metrically adverb by means of interferometry M20.

■ interferometry noun the action or art of measuring interference phenomena; (the branch of science that deals with) the use of interferometers: E20.

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