| COLLIMATING | • collimating v. Present participle of collimate. • collimating adj. That collimates, or employs collimation. • COLLIMATE v. to make parallel; to adjust accurately the line of sight of (an optical instrument, such as a surveying telescope). |
| COLLIMATION | • collimation n. The act of collimating or something collimated. • collimation n. Aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations. • COLLIMATION n. the act of making parallel. |
| EMOLLIATING | • emolliating v. Present participle of emolliate. • EMOLLIATE v. to soften; to render effeminate. |
| ILLUMINANTS | • illuminants n. Plural of illuminant. • ILLUMINANT n. that which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are illuminants. |
| ILLUMINATED | • illuminated adj. Irradiated by light, lit. • illuminated adj. (Of a manuscript) Decorated and illustrated. • illuminated v. Simple past tense and past participle of illuminate. |
| ILLUMINATES | • illuminates n. Plural of illuminate. • illuminates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of illuminate. • ILLUMINATE v. to enlighten spiritually or intellectually. |
| ILLUMINATOR | • illuminator n. Agent noun of illuminate… • ILLUMINATOR n. one who illuminates. |
| MAMILLATION | • MAMILLATION n. the state of being mamillate, with nipple-like projections, also MAMMILLATION. |
| MATRILINEAL | • matrilineal adj. (Anthropology) Tracing descent only through female ancestors. • MATRILINEAL adj. of descent or kinship, reckoned through the mother or through females alone, also MATRILINEAR. |
| METALLIDING | • METALLIDING n. a high-temperature electrolytic technique for creating metal alloys on the surface of metals. |
| METALLISING | • metallising v. Present participle of metallise. • METALLISE v. to make or treat with metal, also METALISE, METALIZE, METALLIZE. |
| METALLIZING | • metallizing v. Present participle of metallize. • METALLIZE v. to make or treat with metal, also METALISE, METALIZE, METALLISE. |
| MULTILINEAL | • multilineal adj. Having many lines. • MULTILINEAL adj. having many lines, also MULTILINEAR. |
| MULTILINEAR | • multilinear adj. Having many lines. • multilinear adj. Having many linear aspects. • multilinear adj. (Mathematics, of a function etc) That is linear in each variable separately. |
| MULTINOMIAL | • multinomial adj. (Mathematics) polynomial. • multinomial n. (Mathematics) polynomial. • MULTINOMIAL n. a mathematical expression that consists of the sum of several terms. |
| SILLIMANITE | • sillimanite n. (Mineralogy) A fibrous neosilicate mineral, polymorphic with andalusite and kyanite, with the chemical… • SILLIMANITE n. a silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure; aka fibrolite. |
| TRINOMIALLY | • trinomially adv. In a trinomial manner. • TRINOMIAL adv. of three terms joined by + or -. |