collimate
verb (used with object)
to bring into line; make parallel.
collimation
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a word derived from
collimate.
Example Sentences
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“The collimation issue is something that technologists are quite aware of and has been emphasized for decades,” Dr. Frush said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2011
It consists of spider webs set within a graduated metallic circle, the webs movable by screws, and the whole instrument capable of rotating about the collimation axis of the telescope.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
The objective is mounted in the most approved manner and is provided with adjustment for collimation.
From Astronomical Instruments and Accessories by William Gaertner and Company
The adjustment is effected by means of clamping and butting screws on the eye-end, and a change of the line of collimation, with respect to the finders and the circles, is avoided.
From Photographs of Nebul? and Clusters Made with the Crossley Reflector by Keeler, James Edward
The collimation and level errors are very carefully determined before and after these observations, and it is usual to arrange the observations by the reversal of the telescope so that collimation error shall disappear.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
