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

  collimating
     a.
     That collimates, or employs collimation
     vb.
     (present participle of en collimate nocat=1)

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

  collimating
     a.
     That collimates, or employs collimation
     vb.
     (present participle of en collimate nocat=1)

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

  collimating
     a.
     That collimates, or employs collimation
     vb.
     (present participle of en collimate nocat=1)

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

  collimating
     a.
     That collimates, or employs collimation
     vb.
     (present participle of en collimate nocat=1)

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

  Collimating /kˈɒlɪmˌeɪtɪŋ/
  الموازاة

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

  collimating /kˈɒlɪmˌeɪtɪŋ/
  einstellend
   see: collimate, collimated, collimates, collimated
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     准直

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