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supercollimation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
su-per-col-li-ma-tion
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The focusing of radiation into a finite-width beam that shows very little diffraction.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From super- + collimation.

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Inflected Forms

supercollimations (plural)

Questions

What does supercollimation mean?
The focusing of radiation into a finite-width beam that shows very little diffraction.
Where does supercollimation come from?
From super- + collimation.

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