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Collimation vs Autocollimation - What's the difference?

collimation | autocollimation |

As nouns the difference between collimation and autocollimation

is that collimation is the act of collimating or something collimated while autocollimation is the collimation of a telescope by means of a plane mirror.

collimation

English

Noun

  • the act of collimating or something collimated
  • aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations

    • Related terms

    * collimate * collimator

    autocollimation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia autocollimation) (en noun)
  • (physics, astronomy) The collimation of a telescope by means of a plane mirror

    • Related terms

    * autocollimator