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collimated

verb

Meaning

  1. To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.
  2. (of a light beam) Composed of rays that are parallel, thus having a wavefront that is planar.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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