cross hairs

cross hairs

pl n1. (General Engineering) two fine mutually perpendicular lines or wires that cross in the focal plane of a theodolite, gunsight, or other optical instrument and are used to define the line of sight. Also called: cross wires

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n.pl. fine wires or fibers crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center an object or to define a line of sight.