01 v. t. 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 ray…
imp. & p. p.
Collimated; p. p. & vb. n.
Collimating
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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.(Physics & Astron.)
Phrases & compounds
Collimating eyepiece —
an eyepiece with a diagonal reflector for illumination, used to determine the error of collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its position in the field with that of the same wire seen directly.
Collimating lens —
a lens used for producing parallel rays of light.