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backsight

back·sight [ bák st ] (plural back·sights)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. rear alignment device on gun: an aiming device on the part of a firearm nearest to the aimer's eye

2. surveying measurement taken backward: a reading taken by a surveyor back toward a position from which a previous reading has been made

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