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BACKSIGHT

\bˈaksa͡ɪt], \bˈaksa‍ɪt], \b_ˈa_k_s_aɪ_t]\

Definitions of BACKSIGHT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

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