Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to collimate
Participle: collimated
Gerund: collimating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | collimate |
| you | collimate |
| he;she;it | collimates |
| we | collimate |
| you | collimate |
| they | collimate |
Perfect
| I | have collimated |
| you | have collimated |
| he;she;it | has collimated |
| we | have collimated |
| you | have collimated |
| they | have collimated |
Past
| I | collimated |
| you | collimated |
| he;she;it | collimated |
| we | collimated |
| you | collimated |
| they | collimated |
Pluperfect
| I | had collimated |
| you | had collimated |
| he;she;it | had collimated |
| we | had collimated |
| you | had collimated |
| they | had collimated |
Future
| I | will collimate |
| you | will collimate |
| he;she;it | will collimate |
| we | will collimate |
| you | will collimate |
| they | will collimate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have collimated |
| you | will have collimated |
| he;she;it | will have collimated |
| we | will have collimated |
| you | will have collimated |
| they | will have collimated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | collimate |
| you | collimate |
| he;she;it | collimate |
| we | collimate |
| you | collimate |
| they | collimate |
Perfect
| I | have collimated |
| you | have collimated |
| he;she;it | have collimated |
| we | have collimated |
| you | have collimated |
| they | have collimated |
Imperfect
| I | collimated |
| you | collimated |
| he;she;it | collimated |
| we | collimated |
| you | collimated |
| they | collimated |
Pluperfect
| I | had collimated |
| you | had collimated |
| he;she;it | had collimated |
| we | had collimated |
| you | had collimated |
| they | had collimated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would collimate |
| you | would collimate |
| he;she;it | would collimate |
| we | would collimate |
| you | would collimate |
| they | would collimate |
Perfect
| I | would have collimated |
| you | would have collimated |
| he;she;it | would have collimated |
| we | would have collimated |
| you | would have collimated |
| they | would have collimated |
Imperative
| you | collimate |
| we | Let's collimate |
| you | collimate |
Verbs conjugated like 'collimate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'collimate'
colligate,
climate,
collate,
collineate,
colliquate,
collocate,
pollicate,
pollinate,
recollimate,
acclimate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin collimātus, perfect passive participle of collīmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), itself originating from a misreading of collīniō, collīneō.
Verbs referencing "collimate"
Finnish with old forms
kollimoida.
Sample Sentences
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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.
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I need to collimate my telescope so that the images are clearer.
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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. [2006, Martin Mobberley, Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide, page 22:]
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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. [2007, Stephen Tonkin, Binocular Astronomy, page 69:]
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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. [2008, Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez, Sevia M. Idrus, Ziran Sun, Optical Wireless Communications: IR for Wireless Connectivity, page 61:]