COLLIMATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("collimation" is a kind of...):

adjustment; readjustment; registration (the act of adjusting something to match a standard)

Derivation:

collimate (adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument))

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