Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,529,710,339 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

collimate
(redirected from collimating)

    Also found in: Medical 0.06 sec.
col·li·mate  (kl-mt)
tr.v. col·li·mat·ed, col·li·mat·ing, col·li·mates
1. To make parallel; line up.
2. To adjust the line of sight of (an optical device).
[New Latin collmre, collmt-, alteration of Latin collnere, to aim : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + lnere, to make straight (from lnea, line; see line1).]
colli·mation n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.collimate - make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
parallel
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
2.collimate - adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
optics - the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light
align, aline, adjust, line up - place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
The company also intends to expand the material's application to various functional films and screen materials for applications including rear-projection screens by exploiting its thinness, light weight and high optical transparency as well as its superior light diffusion and collimating properties.
Toray Introduces Function-Integrating Film for LCD Backlight by JCNN News Summaries
This makes them well-suited for collimating light beams emitted by solid-state lasers based on gallium arsenide, a related material remarkable for its ability to transform electronic excitations into laser beams and vice versa.
Little lenses for little lasers by Science News
Molded glass aspheres are often used in applications such as laser diode collimating and focusing, fiber coupling, barcode scanning, LCD and LCOS digital projection, optical data storage, microscopic measurement, and distance remote sensing.
CVI Announces Molded Glass Aspheric Lenses by Business Wire
More results
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.