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Definition of Backsight |
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Backsight
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. Related Definitions: Backwards, Been, Directed, Foresight, Has, In, Instrument, Leveling, New, Occupied, Of, Position, Previously, Reading, Sight, Staff, Station, Taken, The, To, When |
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