cross wires

British  

plural noun

1. another name for cross hairs

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Example Sentences

The ideal length for the cross wires is one-half the wavelength to be received, with the more expensive antennas having one for each channel.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

TV-reception antennas for VHF are constructed with cross wires supported at their centers, as shown in Figure 24.28.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Figure 24.28 A television reception antenna has cross wires of various lengths to most efficiently receive different wavelengths.

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It was here that the field-telegraph of the Royal Engineers became a tangled spider's web of wires and cross wires.

From At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. by Hargrave, John

When the balloon is well filled carry it away from the fireplace, attach the wick ball to the cross wires and light it.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.