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視準儀 (しじゅんぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

視し準じゅん儀ぎ

Meanings

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noun

collimator

Technical term used in optics, surveying, and astronomy for a device that aligns light rays or sights.

望ぼう遠えん鏡きょうの調ちょう整せいには視し準じゅん儀ぎが使つかわれる。
A collimator is used to adjust the telescope.

Kanji

視inspection, regard as, see
準semi-, correspond to, proportionate to
儀ceremony, rule, affair

Etymology

Compound of 視 (shi, 'sight') + 準 (jun, 'standard, align') + 儀 (gi, 'instrument'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.