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collimation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
col-li-ma-tion
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of collimating or something collimated; aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

collimations (plural)

Derived Forms

autocollimation recollimation supercollimation

Frequently Paired Words

collimate collimator

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

Questions

What does collimation mean?
The act of collimating or something collimated; aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations.

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