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What does backsight mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word backsight? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The rear sight of a firearm.
  2. (surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
  3. (surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
Verb
  1. (surveying) To shoot a backsight.
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