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
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 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
The clock correction being known from the records kept at the Observatory, the collimation and azimuth constants were found by the usual formulæ.
From Photographs of Nebul? and Clusters Made with the Crossley Reflector by James Edward Keeler
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
