About The Word Collimate

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Collimate to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Collimate definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Collimate

Collimate Meaning & Definition
Collimate Definition And Meaning

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Styloid process ‐ extends from the base of the…
  • Christella ‐ any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having…
  • Haircut ‐ the act of cutting the hair [n] the style in which hair haw been…
  • Family pholidae ‐ a family of fish of suborder…
  • Integrate ‐ make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated…
  • Slimed ‐ covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered…
  • Duvalier ‐ oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971) [n] son and successor…
  • False garlic ‐ pungent Old World…
  • Lachrymal duct ‐ any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal…
  • Serow ‐ short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of south…
Crossword Dictionary