| cross wire 
 
 either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration
 - he had the target in his cross hairs
 • Syn:
 cross hair
 • Hypernyms:
 line
 • Part Holonyms:
 reticle, reticule, graticule
 
 
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