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col·li·ma·tor (-māt′ər)

noun

  1. a small telescope with cross hairs at its focus, fixed to another telescope, surveying instrument, etc. for adjusting the line of sight
  2. a device that causes a beam of radiation, as light, to move as parallel rays

Etymology: see collimate

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collimator Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: In order to be able to resolve anatomical structures in a small animal with sufficient detail a system using pinhole collimators is required.

Adjective modifier

  • final: Figure 8 shows the effect on the x-ray scatter of both translation and rotation of the final collimator.

Modifies a noun

  • cell: Note: If x is not present, then the dataset refers to or collected by both sets of collimator cells combined.

Noun used with modifier

  • laser: To account for this, the laser beacon collimator has two extra independent axial motions for lens elements.
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