line of sight
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noun
1.
Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
2.
Astronomy. an imaginary line from an observer to a celestial body, coincident with the path traveled by light rays receivedfrom the body.
3.
Radio. a straight line connecting two points sufficiently high and near one another so that the line is entirely above the surface of the earth.
4.
Ophthalmology, line of vision.
5.
Origin:
1550–60
1550–60
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Line of sight
is always a great word to know.
So is Polaris. Does it mean:
| a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Serpens also called the Balance |
| the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor |
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World English Dictionary
| line of sight | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the straight line along which an observer looks or a beam of radiation travels |
| 2. | ophthalmol another term for line of vision |
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Example sentences
As you can see, it's tilted pretty severely to our line of sight.
Conventional microscopes use lenses to magnify whatever is in the line of sight.
But that only allows correction for distortions along one line of sight.
Another one is the track of a bicycle pedal, when the bicycle is traveling at right angles to your line of sight.
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