Definitions for collimation
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. collimationnoun

   the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. collimationnoun

   the act of collimating or something collimated

2. collimationnoun

   aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Collimationnoun

   The act of aiming at a mark; aim. Dict.

   Etymology: from collimo, Lat.

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1. collimation

   A collimated beam of light or other electromagnetic radiation has parallel rays, and therefore will spread minimally as it propagates. A perfectly collimated light beam, with no divergence, would not disperse with distance. However, diffraction prevents the creation of any such beam.Light can be approximately collimated by a number of processes, for instance by means of a collimator. Perfectly collimated light is sometimes said to be focused at infinity. Thus, as the distance from a point source increases, the spherical wavefronts become flatter and closer to plane waves, which are perfectly collimated. Other forms of electromagnetic radiation can also be collimated. In radiology, X-rays are collimated to reduce the volume of the patient's tissue that is irradiated, and to remove stray photons that reduce the quality of the x-ray image ("film fog"). In scintigraphy, a gamma ray collimator is used in front of a detector to allow only photons perpendicular to the surface to be detected.The term collimated may also be applied to particle beams – a collimated beam – where typically shielding blocks of high density materials (such as lead, bismuth alloys, etc) may be used to absorb or block peripheral particles from a desired forward direction, especially a sequence of such absorbing collimators. This method of particle collimation is routinely deployed and is ubiquitous in every particle accelerator complex in the world. An additional method enabling this same forward collimation effect, less well studied, may deploy strategic nuclear polarization (magnetic polarization of nuclei) if the requisite reactions are designed into any given experimental applications.

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1. collimation

   Collimation is the process of accurately aligning the optical components or elements of an optical device, such as a telescope or a microscope, to improve their performance. This procedure can also refer to the production of parallel light beams, where rays of light are traveling in the exact same direction. It's often used in applications such as laser technology, spectroscopy, astronomy, and medical imaging.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Collimationnoun

   the act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. collimation, fr. a false reading (collimare) for L. collineare to direct in a straight line; col- + linea line. Cf. Collineation.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Collimation

   kol-li-mā′shun, n. the adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope.—v.t. Col′limāte.—n. Collimā′tor, a subsidiary telescope used to detect errors in collimation, when adjusting for transit observations. [L. collimāre for collineāre, to bring into line with—col, together, linea, a line.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of collimation in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of collimation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=collimation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Collimation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=collimation
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collimation
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collimation
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=collimation