collimate Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb make or place parallel to something
parallel.
- They paralleled the ditch to the highway
verb adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)

See Collimation.

imperfect & past participle Collimated; past participle & verbal noun Collimating

(Physics & Astron.) To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.