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s | collimate |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb collimate is

to focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    collimate

    English

    (Collimated light)

    Verb

    (collimat)
  • To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.
    • Lead bricks were placed around the radioactive source so that the escaping gamma rays would be limited to a collimated beam rather than filling the lab.
    I need to collimate my telescope so that the images are clearer.
  • * 2006 , Martin Mobberley, Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide , page 22,
    • However, after a bit of experience, the collimating' chore can become routine.Of course, if manufacturers made telescopes whose optics did not move around, you would only have to ' collimate a telescope once.
  • * 2007 , Stephen Tonkin, Binocular Astronomy , page 69,
    • Binoculars can be collimated' by either eccentric rings on the objective lenses or by tilting the prisms with grub screws (set screws).Always ' collimate binoculars outdoors, or indoors by looking through an open window.
  • * 2008 , Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez, Sevia M. Idrus, Ziran Sun, Optical Wireless Communications: IR for Wireless Connectivity , page 61,
    • When calculating the size of the spot created on the retina by the lens of the eye when focusing the energy from a collimated source, the eye is generally considered to be ideal and diffraction limited.