Interferometer and Angle

noun

• Any measuring instrument that uses interference patterns to make accurate measurements of waves. .

(n.) An instrument for measuring small movements, distances or displacements by means of the interference of two beams of light; -- called also refractometer.

noun

• The space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians.
• A biased way of looking at or presenting something.
  • synonyms: slant
• A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons.

verb

• Move or proceed at an angle.
  • usage: "he angled his way into the room"
• To incline or bend from a vertical position.
  • usage: "She leaned over the banister"
  • synonyms: lean, tilt, tip, slant
• Seek indirectly.
  • usage: "fish for compliments"
  • synonyms: fish
• Fish with a hook.
• Present with a bias.
  • usage: "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
  • synonyms: slant, weight

• (n.) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
• (v.t.) To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.
• (v.i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook) or with hook and line.
• (n.) The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.
• (v.i.) To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.
• (n.) A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
• (n.) The figure made by. two lines which meet.
• (n.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses.".
• (n.) A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.