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Meaning of 'backsight' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Backsight [ n.]
- 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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