interferogram

 [in-ter-feer-uh-gram]  

in·ter·fer·o·gram

   [in-ter-feer-uh-gram]
noun Optics.
a photographic record of light interference patterns produced with an interferometer, used for recording shock waves and fluid flow patterns.
Origin:
1920–25; interfere + -o- + -gram1
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