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line of sight

NOUN
  1. an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks

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  • Particulates and dust in Earth's atmosphere along the line of sight tend to absorb blue light more effectively than red light.
  • The long axis of the bar is vertical and the dotted lines indicate our line of sight to the Galactic Centre.
  • The shadow is best seen when the sky is clear and the line of sight is long. Times, Sunday Times
  • Astoundingly, the keyhole offers a direct line of sight to the Vatican, as if to keep an unflinching eye on the Church.
  • (Dated Sept. 1943, I must add.) “The sight computes the range and automatically compensates for ballistics and prediction … data input is transmitted to the computing mechanism … After the complete solution, the line of sight is offset the proper amounts from the line of bore, in lateral and vertical planes, to compensate in all deflections.” The Mystery of the Lost Computer « Official Harry Harrison News Blog
  • The shadow is best seen when the sky is clear and the line of sight is long. Times, Sunday Times
  • The distance over which a boat crew has line of sight is surprisingly short.
  • Radio wave propagation extends beyond optical line of sight.
  • This shows the simple case of a spin axis which is perpendicular to the line of sight.
  • She took a step back to move out of his line of sight, but trod on a loose floorboard. GRACE
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