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Definition of Crosshairs

1. Noun. A center of interest. "The war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs"

Definition of Crosshairs

1. Noun. (plural of crosshair) ¹

2. Noun. A set of two perpendicular lines in the sight of a firearm, used to align the gun with the target. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crosshairs

1. crosshair [n] - See also: crosshair

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crosshairs

Literary usage of Crosshairs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Testing Materials: For the Constructor. Part I. Methods by Adolf Martens (1899)
"... or telescope) is focussed on the object in such manner that its image coincides accurately with the plane of the crosshairs, in order to avoid parallax. ..."

2. Handbook of Testing Materials. For the Constructor. Part I. Methods by Adolf Martens (1899)
"... or telescope) is focussed on the object in such manner that its image coincides accurately with the plane of the crosshairs, in order to avoid parallax. ..."

3. Light: A Textbook for Students who Have Had One Year of Physics by Herbert Meredith Reese (1921)
"The proper method of adjusting the telescope, known as focussing, is as follows: First, the eyepiece is pushed in or out until the crosshairs are .visible, ..."

4. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"When in proper adjustment and with the ocular in the microscope, the crosshairs will appear well defined and lie in the plane of the image of whatever ..."

5. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"When in proper adjustment and with the ocular in the microscope, the crosshairs will appear well defined and lie in the plane of the image of whatever ..."

6. Mechanics, Molecular Physics and Heat: A Twelve Weeks' College Course by Robert Andrews Millikan (1903)
"Then set the movable crosshairs of the microscopes accurately upon the scratches and take the readings upon the scales in the micrometer eyepieces. ..."

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