Autocollimation
the process used in an autocollimator.
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a software feature that automatically replaces a word in a word-processed document, text message, spreadsheet, or search box, or suggests an alternative word, if the word does not appear in a built-in dictionary. to correct by use of this built-in dictionary: I typed ‘foluw’, and it autocorrected to ‘follow’. Contemporary Examples Note that the software […]