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interferometer
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interferometer
1. Instrument designed to measure the wavelength of light, the refractive index of a medium, as well as the flatness, thickness, the quality of optical surfaces, etc. The interferometer is based on the phenomenon of interference between two coherent beams of light. 2. Name given to several types of clinical maxwellian view system used to measure visual acuity. See clinical maxwellian view system.


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c] has been determined interferometrically to an uncertainty of about 5 X [10.
High-precision determination of the neutron coherent scattering length by Abbas, Sohrab / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
The thickness of the etalon was measured by the Precision Engineering Division at NIST using a mechanical contact method, which compares the sample etalon to a gauge block which is measured interferometrically [11].
High accuracy ultraviolet index of refraction measurements using a ... by Kaplan, Simon G. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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