- sight line
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noun
Date: 1753
a line extending from an observer's eye to a viewed object or area (as a stage) <a theater with excellent sight lines>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
sight line
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Sight line — PP The line of sight between a subject and the object they are looking at … Audio and video glossary
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Sight Line — F/A/V An imaginary line that is drawn between a subject and the object that he/she is looking at … Audio and video glossary
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sight — n. & v. n. 1 a the faculty of seeing with the eyes (lost his sight). b the act or an instance of seeing; the state of being seen. 2 a thing seen; a display, show, or spectacle (not a pretty sight; a beautiful sight). 3 a way of looking at or… … Useful english dictionary
