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noun Usually, cross hairs.

Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.

one of the marks that aid in the positioning of overlaying images for correct registration in printing. Compare register (def. 11b).

Also, cross·hair.

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cross hair
noun
either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration; "he had the target in his cross hairs"

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