reflectometryn.
/ˌriːflɛkˈtɒmᵻtri/, /rᵻˌflɛkˈtɒmᵻtri/, U.S. /rəˌflɛkˈtɑmətri/, /riˌflɛkˈtɑmətri/ Physics.
The use of a reflectometer; measurement of a quantity by means of a reflectometer.
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reflectometry1920
1920 Science 24 Dec. 605/1 The reports of the committees on nomenclature and standards..are:..Reflectometry... Refractometry.
1961 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 154 251 In vivo studies of visual pigments by the method of fundus reflectometry.
1977 Sci. Amer. Feb. 88/2 (advt.) I knew that the TV industry used time domain reflectometry a lot.
2002 J. Colls Air Pollution (ed. 2) iv. 194 The standard method of analysis is based on reflectometry, which is much more sensitive at low particle loadings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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