interferometryn.
/ˌɪntəfəˈrɒmɪtri/ The action or art of measuring interference phenomena; the study and use of the interferometer.
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interferometry1911
speckle interferometry1970
1911 C. Barus in Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington No. 149. i. p. iii I came across a principle of interferometry which seemed of sufficient importance to justify special investigation.
1915 C. Barus Exp. Displacement Interferometer i. 1 Elliptic interferometry applied to the horizontal pendulum.
1916 C. Barus (title) The Interferometry of Reversed and Non-Reversed Spectra.
1946 Nature 12 Oct. 519/2 It is possible to evaluate an approximate crystal lattice spacing with visible light waves by virtue of multiple beam interferometry.
1950 Endeavour 9 196 Multiple-beam interferometry offers a delicate method of detecting extremely small imperfections in surfaces.
1962 Punch 29 Aug. 298/2 The distinguished custodian of Jodrell Bank is well up in the cepheid variables, interferometry and the Laplace hypothesis.
1971 Physics Bull. July 397/2 Several of these laboratories..are now using laser interferometry for calibration purposes.
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