collimation

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

collimation (countable and uncountable, plural collimations)

1. the act of collimating or something collimated
2. aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations

Derived terms

• autocollimation
• recollimation
• supercollimation

 

Related terms

• collimate
• collimator

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

collimation f (plural collimations)

1. collimation

Further reading

• “collimation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.