ALL meanings of collimator
col·li·ma·tor
C c - noun collimator a small telescope attached to a larger optical instrument as an aid in fixing its line of sight 3
- noun collimator an optical system of lenses and slits producing a nondivergent beam of light, usually for use in spectroscopes 3
- noun collimator any device for limiting the size and angle of spread of a beam of radiation or particles 3
- noun collimator a small telescope with cross hairs at its focus, fixed to another telescope, surveying instrument, etc. for adjusting the line of sight 3
- noun collimator a device that causes a beam of radiation, as light, to move as parallel rays 3
- noun collimator Optics. a fixed telescope for use in collimating other instruments. an optical system that transmits parallel rays of light, as the receiving lens or telescope of a spectroscope. 1
- noun collimator Physics. a device for producing a beam of particles in which the paths of all the particles are parallel. 1
- noun collimator A device for producing a parallel beam of rays or radiation. 1
- noun collimator (physics) An optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser beam divergence. 0
- noun collimator (physics) A similar device that produces a parallel beam of particles such as neutrons. 0
- noun collimator (astronomy) A small telescope attached to a larger one, used to point it in the correct general direction. 0