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SIGHT SETTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sight setting mean?
• SIGHT SETTING (noun)
The noun SIGHT SETTING has 1 sense:
1. the adjustment of a gunsight for elevation and windage on a particular range under favorable light conditions
Familiarity information: SIGHT SETTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The adjustment of a gunsight for elevation and windage on a particular range under favorable light conditions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sight setting" is a kind of...):
gun-sight; gunsight (a sight used for aiming a gun)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sight setting"):
zero (the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing)
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