GUNSIGHT

Meaning of GUNSIGHT in English

/ ˈgʌnsaɪt; NAmE / noun

a part of a gun that you look through in order to aim it accurately

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

GUNSIGHT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : sight I 11a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GUNSIGHT — ■ noun a device on a gun enabling it to be aimed accurately.
Concise Oxford English vocab
GUNSIGHT — also called Sight, any of numerous optical devices that aid in aiming a firearm. Its forms include the simple iron …
Britannica English vocabulary
GUNSIGHT — Видоискатель
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GUNSIGHT — сущ. прицел
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GUNSIGHT — сущ. прицел
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GUNSIGHT — стрелковый прицел (воен.)
Англо-Русский словарь военных терминов
GUNSIGHT LAMP — noun : an optical sight permitting a gunner to aim at an airplane approaching directly down the glare from the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GYROSCOPIC GUNSIGHT — гироскопический стрелковый прицел (воен.)
Англо-Русский словарь военных терминов
DRAPER, CHARLES STARK — born Oct. 2, 1901, Windsor, Mo., U.S. died July 25, 1987, Cambridge, Mass. U.S. aeronautical engineer. He taught at MIT …
Английский словарь Британика
MUSHROOM — I. ˈməˌshrü]m, -ru̇], chiefly dial ]n\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English musseroun, muscheron, from Middle …
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MOUNT — I. ˈmau̇nt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English munt, mont, mount, partly from Old English munt, from Latin mont-, …
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RING SIGHT — noun : a gunsight having a ring or series of concentric rings through which one sights
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RETICLE — ˈred.]ə̇kəl, -et], ]ēk-\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin reticulum little net, reticulum : a system of lines, dots, cross …
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PIPPER — ˈpipə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: pip (II) + -er : the center or bead of a ring gunsight
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PATRIDGE SIGHT — ˈpa.trij- noun Etymology: after E. E. Patridge, 19th century American sportsman, its inventor : a gunsight consisting of a square …
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FINE SIGHT — noun : disposition of the gunsight in firing so that only the tip of the front sight is seen through …
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DEFLECTION — -kshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin deflexin-, deflexio, from deflexus (past participle of deflectere ) + -ion-, -io -ion …
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BARLEYCORN — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English barly corn 1. : a grain of barley 2. : an old …
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WINDAGE — /win"dij/ , n. 1. the influence of the wind in deflecting a missile. 2. the amount of such deflection. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIPPER — /pip"euhr/ , n. the center of the reticule of a gunsight. [ PIP 1 + -ER 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CROSS HAIRS — ■ plural noun a pair of fine wires crossing at right angles at the focus of an optical instrument or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PERISCOPE — optical instrument used in land and sea warfare, submarine navigation, and elsewhere to enable an observer to see his surroundings …
Britannica English vocabulary
VULCAN AUTOMATIC CANNON — 20-millimetre (0.8-inch) weapon capable of firing at a rate of up to 7,200 rounds per minute. Such extremely rapid fire …
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DRAPER, CHARLES STARK — born Oct. 2, 1901, Windsor, Mo., U.S. died July 25, 1987, Cambridge, Mass. byname Stark Draper American aeronautical engineer, educator, …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRAPER, CHARLES STARK — born Oct. 2, 1901, Windsor, Mo., U.S. died July 25, 1987, Cambridge, Mass. U.S. aeronautical engineer. He taught at MIT …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SIGHT — I. noun 1 ability to see ⇨ See also ↑ eyesight VERB + SIGHT ▪ have ▪ She has very …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIELD OF VIEW — (*) 1. In photography, the angle between two rays passing through the perspective center (rear nodal point) of a camera …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms

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