profilometries

Noun

profilometry (countable and uncountable, plural profilometries)

1. The use of a technique in the measurement and profiling of an object.
2. The methodology of performing eddy current profiling of tubing.
   • The profilometry of the tubing was conducted directly following the eddy current exam.
3. The technique in which a diamond stylus, in contact with a sample, measures surface variations as a function of position.
4. The use of a laser or white-light, computer-generated projections to perform surface measurements of three dimensional objects.
   • Surface profilometry was used to measure the film thickness.