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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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