"line of sight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lines of sight [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|lines of sight}} line of sight (plural lines of sight)
  1. A straight line along which an observer has a clear view. Translations (A straight line along which an observer has a clear view): 視線 (Chinese Mandarin), 视线 (shìxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), sigtelinje [common-gender] (Danish), näkölinja (Finnish), ligne de mire [feminine] (French), Sichtlinie (note: but this is only idiomatic in technical language and no equivalent is idiomatic in the colloquial) [feminine] (German), Sichtverbindung (note: for this term an occasional or possible connection may suffice) [feminine] (German), Sichtweite [feminine] (German), Blickweite (english: this tendentially presupposes broadness rather than a line, i.e. field of vision) [feminine] (German), linea di mira (Italian), 視線 (shisen) (alt: しせん) (Japanese), 目線 (mesen) (Japanese), linia wzroku [feminine] (Polish), campo de visão [masculine] (Portuguese), linie de vedere [feminine] (Romanian), câmp de vedere [neuter] (Romanian), linie vizuală [feminine] (Romanian), луч обзо́ра (luč obzóra) [masculine] (Russian), ли́ния обзо́ра (línija obzóra) [feminine] (Russian), ли́ния визи́рования (línija vizírovanija) [feminine] (Russian), siktlinje [common-gender] (Swedish), syftningslinje [common-gender] (Swedish), syftlinje [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-line_of_sight-en-noun-2ncG63gK Disambiguation of 'A straight line along which an observer has a clear view': 97 3
  2. (weaponry) The line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object. Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: line-of-sight, sightline Derived forms: VLOS Related terms: visual field, field of vision, field of view
    Sense id: en-line_of_sight-en-noun-SSrPZDdU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 87 Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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