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Backsight
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What's The Definition Of Backsight?Synonyms | Synonyms for Backsight: Related Terms | Find terms related to Backsight: See Also | Backsight In Webster's Dictionary \Back"sight`\, n. [Back, adv. + sight. ] (Surv.)
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.
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