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Cross wire   /krɔs wˈaɪər/   Listen
Cross wire

noun
1.
Either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration.  Synonym: cross hair.






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"Cross wire" Quotes from Famous Books



... side of the machine for making 2 or 4 point wire respectively. These wires are fed into the machine at right angles to the strand wire. At each movement of the feeding mechanism, when fabricating 2 point wire, one cross wire is fed forward. A diagonal cut forms a sharp point on the first end. The wire is again fed forward and instantly wrapped firmly around one strand wire and cut off so as to leave a sharp point on the incoming wire as before, while ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 - "Banks" to "Bassoon" • Various



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