You need to collimate the telescope.
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Collimate
//ˈkɒlɪmeɪt//
Synonyms for "collimate" (9 found)
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10 translations across 7 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- col·limar verb (to focus)
Czech
3 entries- kolimovat verb (to focus)
- soustředit verb (to focus)
- usměrnit verb (to focus)
Finnish
1 entries- kollimoida verb (to focus)
German
1 entries- kollimieren verb (to focus)
Polish
2 entries- przetwarzać na wiązkę równoległą verb (to focus)
- przetworzyć na wiązkę równoległą verb (to focus)
Spanish
1 entries- colimar verb (to focus)
Turkish
1 entries- hizalamak verb (to focus)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Lead bricks were placed around the radioactive source so that the escaping gamma rays would be limited to a collimated beam rather than filling the lab.
Source: wiktionary
I need to collimate my telescope so that the images are clearer.
Source: wiktionary
However, after a bit of experience, the collimating chore can become routine.[…]Of course, if manufacturers made telescopes whose optics did not move around, you would only have to collimate a telescope once.
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