COLLIMATE


Meaning of COLLIMATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkä-lə-ˌmāt ]

transitive verb

( -mat·ed ; -mat·ing )

Etymology: Latin collimatus, past participle of collimare, manuscript variant of collineare to make straight, from com- + linea line

Date: 1878

: to make (as light rays) parallel

• col·li·ma·tion ˌkä-lə-ˈmā-shən noun

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