Stylus vs Profilometry - What's the difference?
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A sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets or other surfaces; a sharp tool for engraving.
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A phonograph needle.
A small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch sensitive screen of an electronic gadget.
A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
The use of a technique in the measurement and profiling of an object.
The methodology of performing eddy current profiling of tubing.
:The profilometry of the tubing was conducted directly following the eddy current exam.
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.
:Surface profilometry was used to measure the film thickness.
