[n. of action, f. prec.: see -ATION.]

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  1.  The action of aiming or directing anything in a straight line toward an object.

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1755.  in Johnson.

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1807.  W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., XXIII. 13. The prudent excel in collineation, the rash tend to hyperbole.

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  2.  = COLLIMATION (being the etymological form).

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In modern Dicts.

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