Collimate(v. t.) 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.
Collimated(imp. & p. p.) of Collimate
Collimating(p. p. & vb. n.) of Collimate
Collimation(n.) The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument.
Collimator(n.) A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal.
Collimator(n.) A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used.
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