profilometry

== English == === Alternative forms === profilemetry === Etymology === From profile + -o- + -metry. === Noun === profilometry (countable and uncountable, plural profilometries) 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. === See also === eddy current