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What is an interferometer?

What is an interferometer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (physics) any of several instruments that use the interference of waves to determine wavelengths and wave velocities, determine refractive indices, measure small distances, temperature changes, stresses, and many other useful measurements.
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This is one of the scientific objectives of the large decametric interferometer LOFAR, which should be operational in 2007 in Holland.
It should be noted that the lengths of the arms of the interferometer on ground-based gravity wave detectors are on the order of 1 kilometer.
A meaningful test of Radius system performance required confirmation of the interferometer concept.
The apparatus is advantageously used in an interferometer to form a device that modulates the amplitude of the optical signal.
The flip causes a tiny shift in the cantilever's vibration frequency, which is recorded by the laser interferometer.
The resolving power of the interferometer is found to be somewhat more than double that of a telescope of the same aperture.

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