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interferometric

  • a word derived from interferometer.
    interferometer
    noun
    a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings the rays together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and astronomical distances.

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He specifically recruited Kueppers to Stanford because of her doctoral research involving a technique called "interferometric scattering microscopy."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The precise interferometric data that led to the detection of gravitational waves would be unintelligible if not based on Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 16, 2022

To do the actual measurements, we rented a Michelson-Fabry-Pérot laser interferometric stadiometer from CERN, a device capable of measuring the littleness of each little woman in each Little Women to subatomic accuracy.

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2019

This year, scientists there announced they had used an interferometric technique to show that many young solar systems contain less dust than expected—good news for astronomers hoping to image exoplanets directly.

From Science Magazine ● Jul. 3, 2018

In addition, a dedicated interferometric array was built on Mt.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

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