"collimator" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-collimator.wav [US] Forms: collimators [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree English collimate English -or English collimator From collimate + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|collimate|-or|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English collimate English -or English collimator From collimate + -or. Head templates: {{en-noun}} collimator (plural collimators)
  1. (physics) An optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser beam divergence.
    Sense id: en-collimator-en-noun-xntu264g Categories (other): Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (physics) A similar device that produces a parallel beam of particles such as neutrons.
    Sense id: en-collimator-en-noun-JrHwAowA Categories (other): Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (astronomy) A small telescope attached to a larger one, used to point it in the correct general direction.
    Sense id: en-collimator-en-noun-vGY1WuLW Categories (other): Astronomy, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 26 22 52 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 27 23 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 27 23 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 27 23 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 25 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 34 24 42 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 26 20 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 20 58 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 24 20 56 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autocollimator, microcollimator, multileaf collimator

Inflected forms

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