About The Word Collimate
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Collimate
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What's The Definition Of Collimate?
[v] adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
[v] make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway." Synonyms | Synonyms for Collimate: parallel Related Terms | Find terms related to Collimate: See Also | adjust | align | aline | alter | change | line up Collimate In Webster's Dictionary \Col"li*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collimated}; p. p.
& vb. n. {Collimating}.] [See {Collimation}.] (Physics &
Astron.)
To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring
into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to
render parallel, as rays of light.
{Collimating eyepiece}, an eyepiece with a diagonal reflector
for illumination, used to determine the error of
collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image
of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its
position in the field with that of the same wire seen
directly.
{Collimating lens} (Optics), a lens used for producing
parallel rays of light.
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