| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Being coordinating.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb | 1. Of Collimate.[Websters] 2. To enroll. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To dial. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To arrive. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To appoint. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To appear. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To annul. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To deposit or store. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To employ, engage or hire.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb collimate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (collimate) |
1. Make or place parallel to something.[Wordnet]. 2. Adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument).[Wordnet]. 3. To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: collimating, collimated, collimates, collimator, collimators, collimatingly and collimatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Collimating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Electrical Engineering | The process of confining the electron beam within a desired cross-section along a stated length. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Collimating lens | (Optics), a lens used for producing parallel rays of light. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Collimating lens | A collimating lens is a lens used to collimate light, that is, to gather it together in a parallel beam. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Collimating mark | Geography | Index or point used as basin of reference. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Collimating mark | Military | An index mark, rigidly connected with the camera body, which forms an image on the negative. This image is used to determine the position of the optical center or principal point of the imagery. Also called fiducial marks. (references) | |
| Collimating mark | Mining | See: fiducial mark. (references) | |
| Collimating markers | Geography | Index marks superimposed on an aerial photograph negative to define its principal point. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Collimating marks | Forestry | Marks on the stage of a reduction printer or projection equipment, to which a negative or diapositive is oriented (Source: Slama, C.C., editor. 1980. Manual of photogrammetry, 4th ed. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Falls Church, Va.). cf. fiducial marks. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: COLLIMATING | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Collimating lens | 11 | Collimating lens | 11 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bohemian | kolimační čočka (collimating lens). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | kollimering (collimating), rammemærke (collimating mark, collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial mark, fiducial marks), referencemærke (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | kolimační čočka (collimating lens). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 校准 (calibrate, calibration, collimate, adjusting, calibrates), 准直 (collimation, collimating). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | kolimační čočka (collimating lens). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | kollimering (collimating), rammemærke (collimating mark, collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial mark, fiducial marks), referencemærke (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | kollimering (collimating), rammemærke (collimating mark, collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial mark, fiducial marks), referencemærke (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | einstellend (adjusting, enrolling, collimating, engaging, discontinuing), einstellen (set, adjust, to adjust, appoint, discontinue), Kollimator (collimator, collimating diaphragm, collimating lens, collimation). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | collimatie (collimation, collimating), richtmerk (collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial marks), randmerken (collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial marks), merkteken (mark, character, sign, signal, token), ijkteken (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | yhteensuuntaistaminen (collimating), kehysmerkki (collimating mark, collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial mark, fiducial marks), kehysmerkit (collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial marks), asteikkomerkintä (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | électrode de collimation (collimating lens), télescope collimateur (collimating telescope), niveau de collimation (collimating level), grille antidiffusante (anti-diffusing screen, antidiffusion grid, collimating filter, potter Bucky screen, secondary radiation grid), diaphragme (diaphragm, midriff, stop, faceplate, orifice plate). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | électrode de collimation (collimating lens), télescope collimateur (collimating telescope), niveau de collimation (collimating level), grille antidiffusante (anti-diffusing screen, antidiffusion grid, collimating filter, potter Bucky screen, secondary radiation grid), diaphragme (diaphragm, midriff, stop, faceplate, orifice plate). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | einstellend (adjusting, enrolling, collimating, engaging, discontinuing), einstellen (set, adjust, to adjust, appoint, discontinue), Kollimator (collimator, collimating diaphragm, collimating lens, collimation). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | σκόπευση (collimating), παραλληλισμός (collimating, parallel exposure, paralleling), εικονοσημείο (collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial marks), καθοδηγητικό σημείο (collimating mark, fiducial mark), βασικό σημείο (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | skopeisi (collimating), parallilismos (collimating, parallel exposure, paralleling), eikonosimeio (collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial marks), kathodhiytiko simeio (collimating mark, fiducial mark), vasiko simeio (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | einstellend (adjusting, enrolling, collimating, engaging, discontinuing), einstellen (set, adjust, to adjust, appoint, discontinue), Kollimator (collimator, collimating diaphragm, collimating lens, collimation). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | einstellend (adjusting, enrolling, collimating, engaging, discontinuing), einstellen (set, adjust, to adjust, appoint, discontinue), Kollimator (collimator, collimating diaphragm, collimating lens, collimation). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | párhuzamosító jel (collimating mark). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Latvian | nulles atzīme (collimating mark). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Latviska | nulles atzīme (collimating mark). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lettisch | nulles atzīme (collimating mark). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lettish | nulles atzīme (collimating mark). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | párhuzamosító jel (collimating mark). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | kollimation (collimating, collimation), rammärke (collimating mark, collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial mark, fiducial marks), referensmärke (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | kollimering (collimating), rammemærke (collimating mark, collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial mark, fiducial marks), referencemærke (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | kolimačný (collimating, collimation). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | kolimačný (collimating, collimation). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | telescopio colimador (collimating telescope), electrodo de colimación (collimating lens), diafragma de colimación (collimating diaphragm), marca de referencia (reference mark, bench mark, collimating mark, fiducial mark), lente colimadora (collimator lens, collimating lens). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | yhteensuuntaistaminen (collimating), kehysmerkki (collimating mark, collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial mark, fiducial marks), kehysmerkit (collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial marks), asteikkomerkintä (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | yhteensuuntaistaminen (collimating), kehysmerkki (collimating mark, collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial mark, fiducial marks), kehysmerkit (collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial marks), asteikkomerkintä (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | kollimation (collimating, collimation), rammärke (collimating mark, collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial mark, fiducial marks), referensmärke (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | kollimation (collimating, collimation), rammärke (collimating mark, collimating markers, collimation marks, fiducial mark, fiducial marks), referensmärke (collimating mark, fiducial mark). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, collimating. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “collimating” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | cathagollathagimathagatathaging (collimating). Additional references: Athag, collimating. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | cagollagimagataging (collimating). Additional references: Double Dutch, collimating. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | <0##|(u)/-\1|{\}6 (collimating). Additional references: Leet, collimating. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | copollopimopatoping (collimating). Additional references: Oppish, collimating. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | ollimatingcay (collimating). Additional references: Pig Latin, collimating. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | kollimluinta (collimating). Additional references: Terran B, collimating. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | cubollubimubatubing (collimating). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, collimating. (volunteer) | |||
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