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COLLIMATE
collimate
(verb) adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
parallel, collimate
(verb) make or place parallel to something; “They paralleled the ditch to the highway”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
collimate (third-person singular simple present collimates, present participle collimating, simple past and past participle collimated)
To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.
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Source: Wiktionary
Col"li*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collimated; p. p. & vb. n. Collimating.] Etym: [See Collimation.] (Physics & Astron.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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