Meaning

1 senses

  1. To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.

    Lead bricks were placed around the radioactive source so that the escaping gamma rays would be limited to a collimated beam rather than filling the lab.

    I need to collimate my telescope so that the images are clearer.

    kollimieren

More definitions
  • adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
  • make or place parallel to something

Examples

1 sentences

  1. You need to collimate the telescope.

    ruТебе нужно настроить телескоп. — Robertpaulson

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Translations

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By meaning 1
to focus:

Origin

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin collimātus, perfect passive participle of coll

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin collimātus, perfect passive participle of collīmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), itself originating from a misreading of collīniō, collīneō.

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Forms

collimates, collimating, collimated, collimated
Base formcollimate · to collimate
3rd person singularcollimates
Present participlecollimating
Past simplecollimated
Past participlecollimated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycollimate
he, she, itcollimates

Past simpleLesson

all personscollimated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave collimated
he, she, ithas collimated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill collimate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make or place parallel to something:parallel

Word family

5 related words
Relatedcollimationdecollimationcollimator
Derivedautocollimatingrecollimate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
collegiatecollideC2colliderC2colliercollisioncollocationB2colloquialC2
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