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Complete Definition of "backsight"

English

Etymology
From the back + sight

Noun
en-noun

  1. The rear sight of a firearm.
  2. surveying A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the theodolite.
  3. surveying A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.

Verb
en-verb

  1. surveying To shoot a backsight.

See also
foresight
hindsight

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