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3 words match “TELESCOPIC SIGHT”

TELESCOPIC SIGHT n.
A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.
QUADRANT n.
sisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90º, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction. Gunner's quadrant, an instrument consisting of a graduated limb, with a plumb line or spirit level, and an arm by…
SEXTANT n.
me optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant.