interferometrically
- adverb
- /ˌɪntərfɪəˈmɛtrɪkli/
- Specialized
- The researchers measured the distance between the mirrors interferometrically to ensure the accuracy of the experiment.
Examples
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Our ability to determine the relative motions of the mirrors at the ends of the arms interferometrically is limited by the smallest change in optical phase that we can measure.
Academic text (1999) -
As a result, a modern machine for exposing semiconductors to electron beams has an interferometrically controlled stage.
Academic text (1997) -
Most of the light interferometrically diverted from the photodetector direction, when the arms are unstrained, returns toward the light source.
Academic text (1999) -
The photon echo is combined interferometrically with a fourth pulse that traverses the sample in the same direction as the photon echo but ahead of it to avoid contributing to the echo.
Academic text (2005) -
Data collected from the satellite was analyzed interferometrically to improve the precision of the measurements.
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The team employed interferometrically calibrated sensors to obtain highly accurate readings in their experiments.
Surface Forms
Morphology
interferometrically = interferometric (transparent) = interferometr + ically
The adverb is a regular adjectival-to-adverbial formation from 'interferometric', so its meaning is directly recoverable from the base.
Etymology
Interferometrically comes from parts that mean 'come between' and 'measure', like interfere ('to come between') and meter ('measure') as in thermometer or speedometer. So to do something interferometrically is to measure by letting waves come together and make patterns, which lets us find very small changes.
