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collimate Definition

col·li·mate (kälə māt′)

transitive verb -·mat′ed, -·mat′·ing

  1. to make (light rays, etc.) parallel
  2. to adjust the line of sight of (a telescope, surveyor's level, etc.)

Etymology: < ModL collimare, false reading of L collineare, to direct in a straight line < com-, with + lineare, to make straight < linea, a line

collimate Related Forms
col′·li·ma·tion noun
collimate Usage Examples

Object

  • beam: Instead, long narrow slits, or their equivalents are used to collimate the beam.
  • jet: These recombine into colorless hadronic states, creating a highly collimated hadronic jet in the direction of the original quark.
  • optic: The laser heads, come with collimating optics and can be fitted with single or multimode optical fibers.
  • lens: The Enduro Turbo uses 2 X 5W Luxeon LED's with spot and flood collimated lenses.
  • counter: The MPC was a collimated proportional counter filled with argon and carbon dioxide.
  • output: Materials are illuminated at normal incidence by the collimated output from a monochromator and the radiated light is detected using a photodiode array.

Modifying Another Word

  • highly: A highly collimated beam of gamma-ray photons is made incident upon a detector crystal.
  • so: Collimate so that the patella, the distal femur and the proximal tibia are included.

Preposition: that

  • patella: Collimate so that the patella, the distal femur and the proximal tibia are included.

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