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Webster 1913 Edition
Collimate
Col′li-mate
,Verb.
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.
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.
Definition 2024
collimate
collimate
English
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.
- Lead bricks were placed around the radioactive source so that the escaping gamma rays would be limited to a collimated beam rather than filling the lab.
- I need to collimate my telescope so that the images are clearer.
- 2006, Martin Mobberley, Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide, page 22,
- However, after a bit of experience, the collimating chore can become routine. […] Of course, if manufacturers made telescopes whose optics did not move around, you would only have to collimate a telescope once.
- 2007, Stephen Tonkin, Binocular Astronomy, page 69,
- Binoculars can be collimated by either eccentric rings on the objective lenses or by tilting the prisms with grub screws (set screws). […] Always collimate binoculars outdoors, or indoors by looking through an open window.
- 2008, Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez, Sevia M. Idrus, Ziran Sun, Optical Wireless Communications: IR for Wireless Connectivity, page 61,
- When calculating the size of the spot created on the retina by the lens of the eye when focusing the energy from a collimated source, the eye is generally considered to be ideal and diffraction limited.
Translations
to focus
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