COLLIMATOR

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. Nichol.

2.
n.

A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used.


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