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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.