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Collimator

nounid 30067·updated May 18, 2026
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optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens

polysemous

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plural
Collimators
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Collimator's
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Collimators'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens
§2
a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one

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