Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Collimate
collimate \ˈkä-lə-ˌmāt\ transitive verb: to make (as light rays) parallel
Etymology: Latin collimatus, past participle of collimare, manuscript variant of collineare to make straight, from com- + linea line
Sometimes a word you’ve never heard before sounds perfectly familiar, as if you two were waiting to be friends your entire lives.
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