profilometry

  1. Noun.  The use of a technique in the measurement and profiling of an object.
  2. Noun.  The methodology of performing eddy current profiling of tubing.
  3. Noun.  The technique in which a diamond stylus, in contact with a sample, measures surface variations as a function of position.
  4. Noun.  The use of a laser or white-light, computer-generated projections to perform surface measurements of three dimensional objects.

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