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Col"li*flow`er (?), n. See Cauliflower.

Col"li*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colligated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colligating.] [L. colligatus, p. p. of colligare to collect; co- + ligare to bind.] 1. To tie or bind together.

The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. Nicholson.

2. (Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.

He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena. Tundall.

Col"li*gate, a. Bound together.

Col`li*ga"tion (?), n. [L. colligatio.] 1. A binding together. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Logic) That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse. "The colligation of facts." Whewell.

Colligation is not always induction, but induction is always colligation. J. S. Mill.

Col"li*mate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collimated; p. p. & vb. n. Collimating.] [See Collimation.] (Physics & Astron.) To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.

Collimating eyepiece, an eyepiece with a diagonal reflector for illumination, used to determine the error of collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its position in the field with that of the same wire seen directly. -- Collimating lens (Optics), a lens used for producing parallel rays of light.

Col`li*ma"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. collimation, fr. a false reading (collimare) for L. collineare to direct in a straight line; col- + linea line. Cf. Collineation.] The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument.

Error of collimation, the deviation of the line collimation of an astronomical instrument from the position it ought to have with respect to the axis of motion of the instrument. -- Line of collimation, the axial line of the telescope of an astronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which passes through the optical center of the object glass and the intersection of the cross wires at its focus.

Col"li*ma`tor (?), n. 1. (Astron.) A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. Nichol.

2. (Optics) A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used.

Col"lin (?), n. [Gr. ko`lla glue.] A very pure form of gelatin.

Col"line (?), n. [F. colline, fr. L. collis a hill.] A small hill or mount. [Obs.]

And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds. Evelyn.

Col*lin`e*a"tion (?), n. [L. collineare to direct in a straight line. See Collimation.] The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. [R.] Johnson.

Coll"ing (?), n. [From Coll, v. t.] An embrace; dalliance. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Coll"ing*ly, adv. With embraces. [Obs.] Gascoigne.

Col*lin"gual (?), a. Having, or pertaining to, the same language.

Col*liq"ua*ble (?), a. Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. [Obs.] Harvey.

Col*liq"ua*ment (?), n. The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More.

Col"li*quate (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Colliquated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colliquating.] [Pref. col- + L. liquare, liquatum, to melt.] To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt. [Obs.]

The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire. Boyle.

will colliquate in water or warm oil. Sir T. Browne.

Col`li*qua"tion (?), n. 1. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.