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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
On some rifles, a type of sight where the shooter looks through a small aperture on the rear sight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
rear gunsight having an adjustable eyepiece with a small aperture through which the front sight and the target are aligned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gunsight, gun-sight
History
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