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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne