Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any measuring instrument that uses interference patterns to make accurate measurements of waves;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Interferometer \In`ter*fe*rom"e*ter\, n. [See Interfere and
-meter.] (Physics)
An instrument for measuring small movements, distances, or
displacements by means of the interference of two beams of
light; -- formerly also called also refractometer, but that
word now has a different meaning.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
interferometer
n 1: any measuring instrument that uses interference patterns to
make accurate measurements of waves