ellipsometer

[ih-lip-som-i-ter, el-ip-, ee-lip-]

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noun Optics.

an instrument that measures the ellipticity of polarized light, used for determining the thickness of thin films.

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Origin:
ellipse + -o- + -meter

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Ellipsometer has a plethora of syllables.

So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:

given to using long words.

the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

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