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BACKSIGHT
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back⋅sight
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ˈbækˌsaɪt
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–noun
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1.
a sight on a previously occupied instrument station.
2.
(in leveling) the reading on a rod that is held on a point of known elevation, used in computing the elevation of the instrument.
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