collimation

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col⋅li⋅mate

[kol-uh-meyt]

–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 line ¹ + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:

col⋅li⋅ma⋅tion, noun

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col·li·mate (kŏl'ə-māt')

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: col·li·mate
Pronunciation: 'käl-&-"mAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -mat·ed; -mat·ing
: to make (as rays of light) parallel —col·li·ma·tion /"käl-&-'mA-sh&n/ noun

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Medical Dictionary

collimation col·li·ma·tion (kŏl'ə-mā'shən)
n.

The process of restricting and confining an x-ray beam to a given area.
In nuclear medicine, the process of restricting the detection of emitted radiations to a given area of interest.

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