Hypertext Webster Gateway: "collimate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Collimate \Col"li*mate\, v. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
collimate
v 1: make or place parallel to something; " They paralleled the
ditch to the highway." [syn: {parallel}]
2: adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
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