Associations to the word «Collimate»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

COLLIMATE, verb. Make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway".
COLLIMATE, verb. Adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument).

Wise words

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