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An instrument that combines waves and uses their interference to make precise measurements.
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- laser interferometer
- optical interferometer
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The interferometer detected a tiny change in the mirror’s position.
Vibration spoiled the interferometer’s carefully aligned pattern.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular interferometer; plural interferometers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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