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BACKSIGHT
Etymology
Noun
backsight (plural backsights)
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
backsight (third-person singular simple present backsights, present participle backsighting, simple past and past participle backsighted)
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
Source: Wiktionary
Back"sight`, n. Etym: [Back, adv. + sight. ] (Surv.)
Definition: The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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