collimator
English Thesaurus
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 (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | optical device, |
| definition | : | a device for producing or controlling light (noun.artifact) |
2. a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | scope, telescope, |
| definition | : | a magnifier of images of distant objects (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | collimate, |
| definition | : | adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | collimate, |
| definition | : | adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) (verb.change) |
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