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col·li·mate

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–verb (used with object), -mat·ed, -mat·ing.

1.	to bring into line; make parallel.

2.	to adjust accurately the line of sight of (a telescope).

[Origin: 1615–25; < L collimātus, misreading of collineātus, ptp. of collineāre to direct in a straight line, equiv. to col- col-¹ + -lineā-, v. deriv. of linea line¹ + -tus ptp. suffix

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col·li·ma·tion, noun

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col·li·mate Audio Help (kŏl'ə-māt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. col·li·mat·ed, col·li·mat·ing, col·li·mates

To make parallel; line up.
To adjust the line of sight of (an optical device).

[New Latin collīmāre, collīmāt-, alteration of Latin collīneāre, to aim : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + līneāre, to make straight (from līnea, line; see line¹).]

col'li·ma'tion n.

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collimate
verb
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)

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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.

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.

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