OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 22613

collimate

/ˈkɒlɪmeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
colimar
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.
Lead bricks were placed around the radioactive source so that the escaping gamma rays would be limited to a collimated beam rather than filling the lab.
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