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
Collimā′tor, a subsidiary telescope used to detect errors in collimation, when adjusting for transit observations.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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
In this case the vertical component depends upon the reading of the declination circle, and the horizontal component gives the error of collimation.
From Photographs of Nebul? and Clusters Made with the Crossley Reflector by James Edward Keeler
The collimation error was found by reversing the instrument and using a terrestrial mark, the azimuth error by star observations.
From History of Astronomy by George Forbes
