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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Collimator

· Col·li·ma·tor · IPA
01 n. A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal.
  1. 1.
    A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal.(Astron.)
  2. 2.
    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.(Optics)