- line of sight, sighting line
- LOS, line of sight, sighting lineЛВ, линия визирования
English-Russian dictionary of program "Mir-Shuttle". С.В. Курбатов.. 2015.
English-Russian dictionary of program "Mir-Shuttle". С.В. Курбатов.. 2015.
sight — [sīt] n. [ME siht < OE (ge)siht < base of seon, to SEE1] 1. a) something seen; view b) a remarkable or spectacular view; spectacle c) a thing worth seeing usually used in pl. [the sights of the city] … English World dictionary
line of sight — noun an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks • Syn: ↑line of vision • Hypernyms: ↑line * * * 1. or line of sighting : a linear projection toward a target of the straight line obtained when the sights of a firearm are in perfect… … Useful english dictionary
sight — n. & v. n. 1 a the faculty of seeing with the eyes (lost his sight). b the act or an instance of seeing; the state of being seen. 2 a thing seen; a display, show, or spectacle (not a pretty sight; a beautiful sight). 3 a way of looking at or… … Useful english dictionary
line of sight — 1. Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc. 2. Astron. an imaginary line from an observer to a celestial body, coincident with the path traveled by light… … Universalium
line of sighting — see line of sight 1 … Useful english dictionary
sighting angle — An angle between the line of sight to the aiming point and the local vertical at the time of a bomb release. Also called a dropping angle … Aviation dictionary
Drift Sight — This article is about the World War I bombsight. For the aircraft instrument for measuring wind speeds, see drift meter. A Mk. I Drift Sight mounted on the side of an Airco DH.4. The lever just in front of the bomb aimer s fingertips sets the… … Wikipedia
Iron sight — Sight picture through iron sights of an H K MP5 submachine gun. The annular shroud around the front post sight is aligned with the rear peep sight to ensure the weapon is properly trained. Iron sights are a system of shaped alignment markers… … Wikipedia
Mark XIV bomb sight — The Mk. XIVA sighting head, which would be mounted in the front of the aircraft and connected to the computor by the cables coiled up on the left. The main features are the gyrostabilizer in the large cylinder, and the collimator on the moving… … Wikipedia
Diopter sight — Target shooting diopter of a 10 metre air rifle with a mounted occluder for the non aiming eye The diopter is an aperture sight component used to assist the aiming of a guns/devices, usually those intended to launch projectiles, such as firearms … Wikipedia
Course Setting Bomb Sight — The CSBS Mk. IX mounted in a Fairey Battle. The bomb aimer is sighting through the white ring shaped backsights to the pin shaped foresights (just visible against the armoured cable) and holding the bomb release switch in his right hand. The… … Wikipedia