COLLIMATOR


Meaning of COLLIMATOR in English

/kol"euh may'teuhr/ , n.

1. Optics.

a. a fixed telescope for use in collimating other instruments.

b. an optical system that transmits parallel rays of light, as the receiving lens or telescope of a spectroscope.

2. Physics. a device for producing a beam of particles in which the paths of all the particles are parallel.

[ 1815-25; COLLIMATE + -OR 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .