Wondering how to use Collimate in a sentence? Below are 2 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as parallel or change.
Collimate meaning
To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.
Using Collimate
- The main meaning on this page is: To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.
- Useful related words include: parallel, change, alter, modify.
Context around Collimate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Collimate
- In this selection, "collimate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, force and towards stand out and add context to how "collimate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include focus or collimate towards the and of force collimate into strings. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "collimate" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with collimate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The gluons interact with each other, not just with the quarks, and at long distances the lines of force collimate into strings. (22 words)
However, when large quantities of light are needed many light sources are usually deployed, which are difficult to focus or collimate towards the same target. (25 words)
However, when large quantities of light are needed many light sources are usually deployed, which are difficult to focus or collimate towards the same target. (25 words)
The gluons interact with each other, not just with the quarks, and at long distances the lines of force collimate into strings. (22 words)
Example sentences (2)
However, when large quantities of light are needed many light sources are usually deployed, which are difficult to focus or collimate towards the same target.
The gluons interact with each other, not just with the quarks, and at long distances the lines of force collimate into strings.