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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Collimation \Col`li*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. collimation, fr. a
     false reading (collimare) for L. collineare to direct in a
     straight line; col- + linea line. Cf. Collineation.]
     The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the
     sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument,
     into its proper position relative to the other parts of the
     instrument.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Error of collimation, the deviation of the line collimation
        of an astronomical instrument from the position it ought
        to have with respect to the axis of motion of the
        instrument.
  
     Line of collimation, the axial line of the telescope of an
        astronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which
        passes through the optical center of the object glass and
        the intersection of the cross wires at its focus.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Collimation \Col`li*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. collimation, fr. a
     false reading (collimare) for L. collineare to direct in a
     straight line; col- + linea line. Cf. Collineation.]
     The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the
     sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument,
     into its proper position relative to the other parts of the
     instrument.
  
     Error of collimation, the deviation of the line collimation
        of an astronomical instrument from the position it ought
        to have with respect to the axis of motion of the
        instrument.
  
     Line of collimation, the axial line of the telescope of an
        astronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which
        passes through the optical center of the object glass and
        the intersection of the cross wires at its focus.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  collimation
       n : the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  collimation
     n.
     1 the act of collimating or something collimated
     2 aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  collimation
     n.
     1 the act of collimating or something collimated
     2 aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  collimation
     n.
     1 the act of collimating or something collimated
     2 aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  collimation
     n.
     1 the act of collimating or something collimated
     2 aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Collimation /kˌɒlɪmˈeɪʃən/
  الموازاة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  collimation /kˌɒlɪmˈeɪʃən/ 
  kolimace

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  collimation /kˌɒlɪmˈeɪʃən/
  soustředění paprsků

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  collimation /kˌɒlɪmˈeɪʃən/
  genaue Einstellung , Kollimation ([+ gen]) 
           Note: Optik
   see: beam collimation
  
           Note: of sth.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  collimation /kˌɒlɪmˈeɪʃən/
  Kollimation  [techn.]
           Note: Zusammenfallen zweier Linien in einem Messgerät

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  collimation /kˌɒlɪmˈeɪʃən/
  1. kollimáció
  2. párhuzamosítás

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 描准;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 瞄准,准直

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