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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: collimate v 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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