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Fizeau test
  آزمون ِ فیزو  
âzmun-e Fizeau
Fr.: test de Fizeau  

The determination of the shape of an optical surface by means of → interferometry using a → fringe pattern formed with respect to a reference surface.

See also: Named after the French physicist Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau (1819-1896), see also → toothed-wheel experiment; → test.