profilometry

Noun

 * 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.
 * 1) The technique in which a diamond stylus, in contact with a sample, measures surface variations as a function of position.
 * 2) 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.