English verb: collimate | |||
1. | collimate (change) make or place parallel to something | ||
Samples | They paralleled the ditch to the highway. | ||
Synonyms | parallel | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
2. | collimate (change) adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adjust, align, aline, line up | ||
Domain category | optics | ||