Collimate

Quick meaning: Collimate is a verb meaning To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.

Meaning

To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.

Example Sentences

I need to collimate my telescope so that the images are clearer.

Lead bricks were placed around the radioactive source so that the escaping gamma rays would be limited to a collimated beam rather than filling the lab.

When calculating the size of the spot created on the retina by the lens of the eye when focusing the energy from a collimated source, the eye is generally considered to be ideal and diffraction limited.

However, after a bit of experience, the collimating chore can become routine.[…]Of course, if manufacturers made telescopes whose optics did not move around, you would only have to collimate a telescope once.

Word Forms

• collimates
• collimating
• collimated

Synonyms for collimate

Depending on context, synonyms include parallel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include parallel, align, focus, collineate, focalize, concentre.

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