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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca