Associations to the word «Interferometer»

Wiktionary

INTERFEROMETER, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

INTERFEROMETER, noun. Any measuring instrument that uses interference patterns to make accurate measurements of waves.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats