Collimate

Collimate

To bring the optical elements of an optical system into proper relationship with each other.

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Industry/Domain: Earth science
Category: Mapping science
Company: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
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collimation

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The process of rendering electromagnetic rays parallel. 2. Adjustment of the line of sight of an instrument, such as a level or transit.

collimate

Aerospace; Satellites

(1) To align the axes of instruments, especially optical axes of multiple lenses, so that they have the same spatial orientation along a common line. (2) To make parallel rays of ...

collimator

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that renders divergent or convergent rays more nearly parallel. Note: The degree of collimation (parallelism) should be stated.

collimation

Telecommunications; General telecom

The process by which a divergent or convergent beam of electromagnetic radiation is converted into a beam with the minimum divergence or convergence possible for that system ...

collimate

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

To limit the radiation area. To make parallel; to adjust transit into straight lines.

collimator

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

A block of radiation attenuating material with one or more fixed or movable apertures. The collimators in the treatment head of the Clinac define the treatment field and limit the ...

subtropical

Earth science; Mapping science

Relating to the warmest region of the Temperate Zones that border on the Torrid Zone.

sky

Earth science; Mapping science

The region above and beyond the Earth, as it is seen looking up from the ground. Sky looks blue during the day and dark at night.

South Pole

Earth science; Mapping science

The most southern point of the Earth. The South Pole is the southern end of the axis on which the Earth rotates.

prime meridian

Earth science; Mapping science

The line of longitude that passes through the town of Greenwich, England, and that measures 0 degree. It is the line from which other longitude lines are measured.

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Earth science; Mapping science

A celestial body revolving around a sun in a nearly circular orbit. This definition excludes comets, which have highly elliptical orbits. However, it may also exclude some of ...

area of error

Earth science; Mapping science

A figure within which the true location of a point whose location has been determined by measurement is believed to lie, with stated degree of probability.

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