Meaning

3 senses

  1. The rear sight of a firearm.

    Holonym: iron sights

  2. 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).

  3. A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.

Origin

From back + sight.

From back + sight.

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Forms

plural: backsights
Singularbacksight
Pluralbacksights

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
hindsightC2

Antonyms

1 antonyms
foresight

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backrestbackseatbacksidebackslidebackstage

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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