Collimate /(?)/

Col·li·mate

Collimate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Collimated; p. p. & vb. n. Collimating

  1. To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light. (Physics & Astron.)

Phrases & Compounds
Collimating eyepiece
an eyepiece with a diagonal reflector for illumination, used to determine the error of collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its position in the field with that of the same wire seen directly.
Collimating lens
a lens used for producing parallel rays of light.