collimate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: collimate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for collimate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collimate v make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway" Synonym(s): parallel, collimate adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
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.