radio interferometer

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. any of several different types of instrumentation designed to observe interference patterns of electromagnetic radiation at radio wavelengths: used in the discovery and measurement of radio sources in the atmosphere.

---

radio interferometer British  

noun

1. a type of radio telescope in which two or more aerials connected to the same receiver produce interference patterns that can be analysed to provide an image of the source of the radio waves

---

Example Sentences

That array could be “either a radio interferometer on the farside surface of the moon or a slowly drifting constellation of many small satellites.”

From Scientific American

When two telescopes in a radio interferometer make a common detection—when both telescopes record the same exact light waves—astronomers say they “found fringes” between the two sites.

From Scientific American

Why has it taken so long to put a low-frequency radio interferometer on the moon?

From Forbes

They used a radio interferometer, which measures radio waves and shows which direction they come from, and studied the radio pulses generated at the onset of lightning.

From Science Magazine