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 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
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 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
Thus the line of collimation of the telescope was placed at right angles to the surface of the mirror.
From Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis by Albert A. Michelson
