单词	interferometer
释义	interferometer noun in·​ter·​fer·​om·​e·​ter ˌin-tər-fə-ˈrä-mə-tər  ˌin-tə-, -ˌfi-ˈrä- : an apparatus that utilizes the interference of waves (as of light) for precise determinations (as of distance or wavelength) interferometric ˌin-tər-ˌfir-ə-ˈme-trik  ˌin-tə- adjective interferometrically ˌin-tər-ˌfir-ə-ˈme-tri-k(ə-)lē  ˌin-tə- adverb interferometry ˌin-tər-fə-ˈrä-mə-trē  ˌin-tə- -ˌfi-ˈrä- noun Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web This 263-dish radio- and millimeter-wave interferometer will observe star-forming regions, active black holes and light associated with exploding stars with 10 times the sensitivity and resolution of the VLA. Aaron S. Evans, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2021 Bartholomew and his colleagues have been working together on QHDs that could one day be used to build such an interferometer. Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2021 And to detect the tiny stretching of space, the interferometer arms must be long. Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 10 Mar. 2021 To tamp down other vibrations, the interferometer must be housed in a vacuum chamber and the weighty mirrors hung from sophisticated suspension systems. Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 10 Mar. 2021 The third detector is Virgo, an interferometer near Pisa, Italy, that has 3-kilometer-long arms and joined the hunt for gravitational waves in 2017. Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 28 Oct. 2020 New facilities, including the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo interferometer, are studying merging pairs of black holes by detecting their emissions of ripples in spacetime called gravitational waves. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2020 The term for a device that measures interference is, well, an interferometer. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2020 With the accompanying interferometer, the tool can illuminate details 25 times finer than individual telescopes. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 2 Aug. 2020 See More Word History Etymology International Scientific Vocabulary First Known Use 1897, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition interferometer noun in·​ter·​fer·​om·​e·​ter ˌint-ə(r)-fə-ˈräm-ət-ər, -ˌfir-ˈäm-  : an instrument that utilizes the interference of waves (as of light) for precise determination especially of wavelength, spectral fine structure, indices of refraction, and very small linear displacements
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