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How to pronounce “backsight”
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Pronunciation guide for backsight
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- Practice the English pronunciation of backsight with real speech in context.
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- Lessons From History for a Better Future
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- Definition summary
- The rear sight of a firearm.
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How to pronounce backsight
Lessons From History for a Better Future
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Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “backsight”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- The rear sight of a firearm.
- (surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
- (surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
- [Verb]
- (surveying) To shoot a backsight.
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