transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌher ]
noun
Date: circa 1884
: a fine wire or thread in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument used as a reference line in the field or for marking the instrumental axis — used figuratively to describe someone or something being targeted as if through an aiming device (as on a rifle) having crosshairs
capital punishment…is in the crosshair s this political season — J. H. Alter