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Definition of Collimate

1. Verb. Make or place parallel to something. "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"

2. Verb. Adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument).

Definition of Collimate

1. 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.

Definition of Collimate

1. Verb. To focus into a narrow beam or column. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collimate

1. [v -MATED, -MATING, -MATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collimate

collieshangie collieshangies colliest colliflower colliflowers colligability colligable colligate colligated colligates

colligating colligation colligations colligative colligative properties collimate (current term) collimated collimates collimating collimating lens

collimation collimations collimator collimators colline collinear collinearities collinearity collinearly collineate

Literary usage of Collimate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Astrophysical Journal by American Astronomical Society, University of Chicago (1898)
"Passing through the upper plate are four large steel screws which press against the end of the telescope and serve to collimate the instrument. ..."

2. The Microscope: An Illustrated Monthly Designed to Popularize the Subject of (1891)
"... as it is a difficult matter to turn or cut a screw thread that shall collimate precisely. Be 3. Zeitschrift fur Instrumenten Kunde, 1890. pp. ..."

3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1855)
"... in direction with the axis of the circle, they can be made to collimate with the circle telescope, and with each other, for any zenith distance. ..."

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