interferometer

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English interfer(e)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

French -mètrebor.

English -meter

English interferometer

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

• acoustic interferometer
• astrointerferometer
• Fizeau interferometer
• intensity interferometer
• Jamin interferometer
• Mach-Zehnde interferometer
• Mach-Zehnder interferometer
• Michelson interferometer
• Michelson stellar interferometer
• neutron interferometer
• radio interferometer
• shearing interferometer
• Twyman-Green interferometer

Related terms

• interferometric
• interferometrically
• interferometry

Translations

instrument

• Basque: interferometro (eu)
• Esperanto: interferomezurilo, interferometro
• French: interféromètre (fr) m
• German: Interferometer (de) m
• Icelandic: víxlunarnemi m, víxlunarmælir m
• Irish: trasnamhéadar m
• Italian: interferometro (it) m
• Japanese: 干渉計 (kanshōkei)
• Malay: interferometer
• Polish: interferometr m
• Portuguese: interferómetro m (Portugal)
• Russian: интерферометр (ru) m (interferometr)
• Spanish: interferómetro (es) m
• Ukrainian: інтерферо́метр m (interferómetr)