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Synonyms for sighting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : sahyt
Phonetic Transcription : saɪt



Définition of sighting

Origin :
  • "instance of catching sight," 1853, verbal noun from sight (v.).
  • verb see
Example sentences :
  • These men had come to kill him; their sighting Reid on the way was only an incident.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • Major Cavender had wheeled his guns into position, and was sighting them.
  • Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • Consequently it was merely by a process of sighting that he could obtain the places of the stars.
  • Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
  • Before night he was not only dragging the chain, but was sighting the instrument.
  • Extract from : « Charles Carleton Coffin » by William Elliot Griffis, D. D.
  • "It's simply a sighting shot, Sir Ralph," he remarked quietly.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • There were sighting devices on it, and there were ports that opened in the floor.
  • Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
  • He looked like a man who was sighting his home after many years of absence.
  • Extract from : « Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers! » by Warner Van Lorne
  • A line in extension of the sighting line a'-b' will be the magnetic-meridian.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • By open sight is meant the use of any one of the sighting notches.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • Again some men in sighting will look at the front sight and not at the object.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss

Antonyms for sighting

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