collimated
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collimated verb
- To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.“I need to collimate my telescope so that the images are clearer.”
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collimated adjective
- (of a light beam) Composed of rays that are parallel, thus having a wavefront that is planar.
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paraxialcoplanarparfocalplanoconvexplanoconcavecomplanarmonoplanaruniplanarparafocalbicollinearamacraticisoplanaticquadriplanarortholineartriplanaruniradiated
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