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backsight
[′bak‚sīt] (engineering)
A sight on a previously established survey point or line.
Reading a leveling rod in its unchanged position after moving the leveling instrument to a different location.
(navigation)
A marine sextant observation of a celestial body made by facing 180° from the azimuth of the body and using the visible horizon in the direction in which the observer is facing.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
backsight
In surveying, a sight on a previously established survey point or line.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.