cross hairs

cross hairs
1. Also called cross wires. fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
2. marks for aiding in the positioning of overlaying images for correct registration in printing. Cf. register (def. 11b).
[1880-85]

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  • cross hairs — plural noun a pair of fine wires crossing at right angles at the focus of an optical instrument or gunsight …   English new terms dictionary

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  • cross hair — noun either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration he had the target in his cross hairs • Syn: ↑cross wire • Hypernyms: ↑line • Part Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cross wire — noun either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration he had the target in his cross hairs • Syn: ↑cross hair • Hypernyms: ↑line • Part Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cross wires — Optics. See cross hairs (def. 1). [1865 70] * * * …   Universalium

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