Definition of collimates Collimates
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What does collimates mean?
Part of speech
🔤- collimates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of collimate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| collimate - adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) | ||
| aline, align, adjust, line up place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" | ||
| optics optical properties; "the optics of a telescope" | ||
| collimate - make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway" | ||
| parallel | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- collimate (v. t.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- collimate, verb, present, 1st person singular of collimate (infinitive).
- collimate, verb (infinitive).
