collimated

/K AA1 L AH0 M EY0 T IH0 D/
verb
  1. 1

    To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.

    “I need to collimate my telescope so that the images are clearer.”

adjective
  1. 1

    (of a light beam) Composed of rays that are parallel, thus having a wavefront that is planar.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collimate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collimated

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