boresighting
English
noun
Definitions
- The alignment of a microwave or radar antenna using purely optical means
- The alignment of the bore of a gun and its gunsight in parallel
Etymology
Compound from English bore (hole) + English sighting.
Origin
English
sighting
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backbore English
- bore English
- boreable English
- bored English
- boredom English
- borefest English
- borefield English
- borehole English
- boreism English
- boreless English
- borer English
- borescope English
- boresight English
- boresome English
- borest English
- boreth English
- borewell English
- boring English
- chokebore English
- counterbore English
- drawbore English
- microbore English
- moonsighting English
- nanobore English
- overbore English
- rebore English
- sealbore English
- sighting English
- smoothbore English
- throughbore English
- unbore English
- wellbore English
- windbore English
- ybore English
- boren Middle English
- बोरियत Hindi
- بور Urdu