collimate
collimate
Definition
col·li·mate (käl′ə māt′)
transitive verb -·mat′ed, -·mat′·ing
- to make (light rays, etc.) parallel
- 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
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.
Browse dictionary entries near collimate
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