profilometry
The English word “profilometry” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The use of a technique in the measurement and profiling of an object.
- The methodology of performing eddy current profiling of tubing.
- The technique in which a diamond stylus, in contact with a sample, measures surface variations as a function of position.
- The use of a laser or white-light, computer-generated projections to perform surface measurements of three dimensional objects.
Etymology
From profile + -o- + -metry.
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