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collimator

/ collimator /

noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1

optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam

Type of:

optical device

Has parts:

spectroscope prism spectroscope

noun Sense 2

a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one

Type of:

telescope scope

Derived:

collimate

Semantic Complexity

100%

Sense Count

2

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

6

Times Searched

2

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Related Words

optical device telescope scope