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Definition: Collimator |
CollimatorNoun1. A small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one. 2. Optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | An optical device which renders rays of light parallel. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A device that confines the elements of a beam within an assigned solid angle. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A device for limiting the area of a beam of radiation, having either a fixed or adjustable aperture. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | In practice, a radiation detector is positioned in such a manner that it can receive gamma radiation only from a limited area along the axis of a fuel rod or bundle. The device employed to limit the radiation received is called a collimator and consists of a small air-filled hole(approximately 0. 25 cm in diameter)in a massive shield. The fuel rod is moved incrementally or continuously past this hole to obtain a record of radiation intensity as a function of axial position. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Collimator |
| Specialty definitions using "collimator": comparison prism ♦ INSPECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, inspector, precision ♦ MISSILE FACILITIES REPAIRER ♦ OPTICAL-INSTRUMENT ASSEMBLER, OPTOMECHANICAL TECHNICIAN ♦ SURFACE-PLATE FINISHER. (references) |
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| "Collimator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Collimator" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "collimator": collimator shaft. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
collimator | 33 |
collimator lens | 5 |
collimator laser | 4 |
collimator fiber lens | 4 |
auto collimator | 3 |
collimator laser telescope | 3 |
collimator fiber | 2 |
fiber optic collimator | 2 |
multileaf collimator | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "collimator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 准直仪. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kollimator, diaphragma (diaphragm), blænde (dazzle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | collimator, diafragma (aperture, bladder, bladder tank, diaphragm, vault cap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | säteilynrajoitin, kollimaattori (obturator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | collimateur, diaphragme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kollimator (gunsight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ρυθμιστήρας της γραμμής σκόπευσης, παραλληλιστής, πανοραμική διόπτρα, διάφραγμα (bulkhead, diaphragm, midriff, septum), διοπτήρ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sugár-párhuzamosító, sugárkollimátor, fény-párhuzamosító. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | collimatore (gunsight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 겨냥틀. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | co-lhinneyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ollimatorcay colimador, diafragma (aperture, diaphragm, midriff). (various references) colimador, colimado (diaphragm), diafragma (diaphragm, midriff). (various references) lodlinjeschakt (collimator shaft, plumb-line shaft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "collimator": collimators. (additional references) | |
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"Collimator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Clamator, collimater, collimetor, collimotor, culimator. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "collimator" (pronounced 'Col"li*ma`tor'): Abbreviator, Abdicator, Abnegator, Abrogator, Accelerator, Accommodator, Accumulator, Actuator, Adjudicator, Adjutator, Adulator, Adulterator, Aggregator, Agitator, Agricultor, Alleviator, Alliterator, Alternator, Amalgamator, Ambulator, Ameliorator, Animator, Annihilator, Annotator, Annunciator, Anticipator, Appreciator, Approbator, Appropriator, Approximator, Arbitrator, Arborator, Architector, Articulator, Aspirator, Assassinator, Associator, Auscultator, Calorisator, Capitulator, Caveator, Celebrator, Circulator, Circumnavigator, Coagulator, Collaborator, Collocutor, Commemorator, Commentator, Commiserator. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-l-m-o-o-r-t" | |
-2 letters: clitoral, collator. | |
-3 letters: corolla, criollo, litoral, locator, maillot, motoric, timolol. | |
-4 letters: aortic, atomic, caroli, citola, citral, clamor, coital, collar, lictor, lorica, maloti, maltol, mitral, mortal, octroi, oomiac, oorali, ramtil, rialto, rictal, tailor. | |
-5 letters: actor, allot, amort, atoll, carol, carom, claim, claro, cloot, coati, color, comal, coral, coria, lilac, lirot, local, loral, lotic, macro, maill. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-l-m-o-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: collimators, motorically. | |
+2 letters: metrological, microtonally. | |
+4 letters: astronomically, bolometrically, dermatological, meteorological, metronomically, nomenclatorial, organometallic, primatological, terminological. | |
+5 letters: combinatorially, coulometrically, econometrically, gastronomically, monocrystalline, organometallics, photometrically. | |
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