NOUN | artifact | collimator | a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one |
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artifact | collimator | 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 |
Meaning | A small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one. | |
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Broader | telescope, scope | A magnifier of images of distant objects |
Spanish | colimador | |
Verbs | collimate | adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Part of | spectroscope, prism spectroscope | An optical instrument for spectrographic analysis |
Broader | optical device | A device for producing or controlling light |
Spanish | colimador | |
Catalan | col·limador |
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