collimator

A noun referring to an optical device that produces a parallel beam of light, often used in telescopes and other scientific instruments to align or direct light rays.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un dispositivo óptico que produce un haz de luz paralelo, empleado a menudo en telescopios y otros instrumentos científicos para alinear o dirigir los rayos luminosos.

1. Telescope alignment tool C2 formal scientific

   A small telescope attached to a larger telescope to assist in aligning the line of sight of the larger instrument.

   • The astronomer adjusted the collimator to ensure the main telescope was perfectly aligned.
   • Using a collimator, the technician calibrated the observatory's primary instrument.
   • The collimator's crosshairs helped center the target star.

   🇪🇸Colimador

2. Optical beam device C2 formal scientific

   An optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other, with the slit positioned at the lens's focus, causing light rays to leave the slit as a parallel beam.

   • The collimator produced a perfectly parallel beam of light for the experiment.
   • In the lab, the collimator was used to test the properties of the optical system.
   • The engineer aligned the collimator to ensure the light beam was collimated.

   🇪🇸Colimador óptico

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• collimator's possessive singular form