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Definition of Collimations
1. collimation [n] - See also: collimation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collimations
Literary usage of Collimations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... the report by the Secretary of the Summer Meeting at Toronto, articles on '
Regular Triple System,' by Professor EH Moore ; on ' collimations in a Plain ..."
2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1904)
"The 9 AM collimations, 310 : level, -,o<) ; nadir, ;c 143 ; nadir, 134 ; azimuth
determinations, i -,;. Mr. Raymond, the assistant observer, had charge of ..."
3. Fennia by Suomen maantieteellinen seura (1908)
"2.604 Comme on le voit par ce tableau, l'erreur de collimations a subi la plus
grand changement au cours des voyages après la déterminations à ..."
4. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1876)
"... ment in and out of focus, and determining the focal points under correct
collimations. A steel cylinder very accurately turned between dead centres (ie ..."
5. A Text-book of Field Astronomy for Engineers by George Cary Comstock (1908)
"It is not necessary to introduce two collimations. 79. Methods of Observation.—A
clock or chronometer is an indispensable auxiliary to a transit instrument, ..."