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sight·ing

 (sī′tĭng)
n.
The act of catching sight of something, especially something unusual or searched for: a sighting of a whale in the harbor; a reported sighting of a UFO.

sighting

(ˈsaɪtɪŋ)
n
an occasion on which something is seen

sighting

Actual visual contact. Does not include other contacts, which must be reported by type, e.g., radar and sonar contacts. See also contact report.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sighting - the act of observingsighting - the act of observing; "several sightings of enemy troops were reported"
observance, watching, observation - the act of observing; taking a patient look
landfall - the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
Translations

sighting

[ˈsaɪtɪŋ] N → observación f
further sightings of the missing girl have been reported → se sabe que la chica desaparecida ha sido vista en más ocasiones

sighting

[ˈsaɪtɪŋ] n (= spotting) → cas m
The National Weather Service has reported several tornado sightings in Illinois → La météorologie nationale a fait état de plusieurs cas de tornade dans l'Illinois.sight-read [ˈsaɪtriːd] (MUSIC)
vi → déchiffrer
vt → déchiffrer

sighting

n → Sichten nt; at the first sighting of land → als zum ersten Mal Land gesichtet wurde; another sighting of the monster was reported → das Ungeheuer soll erneut gesehen or gesichtet worden sein

sighting

[ˈsaɪtɪŋ] n → avvistamento
several sightings have been reported → si è avuta notizia di diversi avvistamenti
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The fire from the vessels was most ineffectual, owing, as I afterward learned, to the unexpected suddenness of the first volley, which caught the ship's crews entirely unprepared and the sighting apparatus of the guns unprotected from the deadly aim of our warriors.
For example, a proportion of them, always the best marksmen, direct their fire entirely upon the wireless finding and sighting apparatus of the big guns of an attacking naval force; another detail attends to the smaller guns in the same way; others pick off the gunners; still others the officers; while certain other quotas concentrate their attention upon the other members of the crew, upon the upper works, and upon the steering gear and propellers.
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