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cross wire
or crosswire
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cross wire1
First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences
As the float approaches AA1, the observer at B keeps it on the cross wire of his instrument.
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B now points his instrument in the direction BF, and A keeps the float on the cross wire of his instrument.
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Near the cross wire end, hanging from the pipe, was a solid plug, cylindrical in section.
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All being at rest the number on the scale marked by the cross wire of the telescope was 572.
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A cross wire in the microscope tells when it is accurately abreast of the line below it.
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