Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Collimate \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.
[1913 Webster]
{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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collimate
v 1: make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the
ditch to the highway" [syn: {parallel}, {collimate}]
2: adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
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