LINE OF COLLIMATION

Definition: LINE OF COLLIMATION

LINE OF COLLIMATION

1. The axial line of the telescope of an astronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which passes through the optical center of the object glass and the intersection of the cross wires at its focus.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definition: LINE OF COLLIMATION

Domain	Definition
Mining	The line of sight of the telescope of a surveying instrument, defined as the line through the rear nodal point of the objective lens of the telescope and the center of the reticle when they are in perfectalignment. See also:line of sight. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms within Context: LINE OF COLLIMATION

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Direction	Point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE; rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: LINE OF COLLIMATION

English words defined with "LINE OF COLLIMATION": transit instrument. (references)

Specialty definitions using "LINE OF COLLIMATION": peg adjustment. (references)

Anagrams: LINE OF COLLIMATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-i-i-l-l-l-m-n-n-o-o-o-t"
	-4 letters: mollification.
	-5 letters: inflectional.
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Alternative Orthography: LINE OF COLLIMATION

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 49 4E 45 4F 46 43 4F 4C 4C 49 4D 41 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001100 01001100 01001001 01001101 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0049 004E 0045 004F 0046 0043 004F 004C 004C 0049 004D 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

LINE OF COLLIMATION

Definition: LINE OF COLLIMATION