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line of sight

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noun

Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
Astronomy. an imaginary line from an observer to a celestial body, coincident with the path traveled by light rays receivedfrom the body.
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.
Ophthalmology. line of vision.
sightline.

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Origin of line of sight

First recorded in 1550–60

Words nearby line of sight

line of fixation, line of force, line of induction, line of position, line of scrimmage, line of sight, line of site, line of vision, lineolate, line one's pockets, line-out
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Words related to line of sight

beeline, view, line of vision, sightline, visible horizon

Example sentences from the Web for line of sight

  • There were other instruments in other line-of-sight positions, very far away.

    Operation Terror|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

  • I'm inclined like everybody else to consider perception on a line-of-sight basis instead of on a sort of all-around grasp.

    Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith

  • He started the fuel pumps winding up, and swung the ship to point normal to the line-of-sight to the jammer.

    Pushbutton War|Joseph P. Martino

British Dictionary definitions for line of sight

line of sight

noun

the straight line along which an observer looks or a beam of radiation travels
ophthalmol another term for line of vision
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