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collineation

collineation noun: the act of collineating; collimation.

Noun

collineation (countable and uncountable, plural collineations)

  1. The act of collineating; collimation.
  2. An isomorphism from one projective space to another, often to itself.

collineation meaning in Tamil

collineation in Tamil

இணை நீட்டல்

Forms of collineation

pluralcollineations

Origin of collineation

From Latin collineare to direct in a straight line. See collimation.

Questions about collineation

What does collineation mean?
Collineation means the act of collineating; collimation.
What is collineation in Tamil?
Collineation in Tamil is இணை நீட்டல். See Collineation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is collineation?
Collineation is a noun.
What is the plural of collineation?
The plural of collineation is collineations.

Words near collineation in the dictionary

  1. collinearities
  2. collinearity
  3. collinearly
  4. collineate
  5. collineated
  6. collineation
  7. collineations
  8. collines
  9. colliness
  10. colling
  11. Collingbourne Ducis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: collineation (page history and authors); collineation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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