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bombsight
[bom-sahyt]
noun
(in an aircraft) an instrument for aiming bombs at a target, especially a device that can assume complete control of the aircraft during a bombing run, can automatically compensate for speed, winds, etc., and can guide the release of bombs for maximum accuracy in striking the target.
bombsight
/ ˈɒˌɪ /
noun
a mechanical or electronic device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bombsight1
Example Sentences
For this week’s cover story on the Georgetown arts collective Equinox Studios, I got sucked in by Norden bombsights.
As a bomber, of course, it also contained bombing gear and bombsights, and all of this needed maintenance and loading.
Although early raids proved that the Japanese homeland could be reached, they failed to hit their targets as problems persisted with the Norden bombsight.
Nazi spies kidnap an aircraft mechanic and try to make him talk about a new bombsight.
One thing is, however, guaranteed: some poor souls will be at the other end of those bombsights and rifle barrels.
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