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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.

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