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stellar interferometer
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stellar interferometer [′stel·ər ‚in·tər·fə′räm·əd·ər]
(optics)
An optical interferometer for measuring angular diameters of stars; it is attached to a telescope and measures interference rings at the telescope's focus.


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For this reason astronomical interferometers are often designed, not simply as linear arrays, but in two dimensions, as diamonds, hexagons, circles or crosses.
 
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