Backsight

Definition of Backsight

Back´sight`   Pronunciation: băk´sīt`
n.1.(Surv.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.
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