autocollimation

[aw-toh-kol-uh-mey-shuhn]

au·to·col·li·ma·tion

[aw-toh-kol-uh-mey-shuhn]
noun Optics.
the process used in an autocollimator.

Origin:
auto-1 + collimation
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