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

  Collimate \Col"li*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collimated; p. p.
     & vb. n. Collimating.] [See Collimation.] (Physics &
     Astron.)
     To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring
     into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to
     render parallel, as rays of light.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Collimating eyepiece, an eyepiece with a diagonal reflector
        for illumination, used to determine the error of
        collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image
        of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its
        position in the field with that of the same wire seen
        directly.
  
     Collimating lens (Optics), a lens used for producing
        parallel rays of light.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Collimate \Col"li*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collimated; p. p.
     & vb. n. Collimating.] [See Collimation.] (Physics &
     Astron.)
     To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring
     into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to
     render parallel, as rays of light.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  collimate
       v 1: make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the
            ditch to the highway" [syn: parallel]
       2: adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)

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

  collimate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     παραλληλίζω τροχιά, ευθυγραμμίζω ακτινοβολία, συγκεντρώνω ακτίνα

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

  collimate
     vb.
     To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so
  that it produces a narrow beam.

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

  collimate
     vb.
     To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so
  that it produces a narrow beam.

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

  collimate
     vb.
     To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so
  that it produces a narrow beam.

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

  collimate
     vb.
     To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so
  that it produces a narrow beam.

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

  Collimate /kˈɒlɪmˌeɪt/
  واز

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

  collimate /kˈɒlɪmˌeɪt/ 
  kolimovat

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

  collimate /kˈɒlɪmˌeɪt/ 
  einstellen 
   see: collimating, collimated, collimates, collimated
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  collimate /kˈɒlɪmˌeɪt/ 
  kollimoida
  to focus

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  collimate /kˈɒlɪmˌeɪt/
  1. (fiz.), (astr.) bir hizaya getirmek, paralel hale koymak.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 照准,描准,使成平行;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 照准,瞄准,使成平行

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