cross hair
or cross·hair
noun Usually cross hairs.
Also called cross wire.
one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
one of the marks that aid in the positioning of overlaying images for correct registration in printing.
Compare register(def 11b).
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Then the screw was turned till the cross-hair bisected the deflected image of the slit.
Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light |Albert A. MichelsonAfter the cross-hair indicators and the level have been attached to the camera, adjustments are necessary.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 |VariousThe "radius of measurement" is the distance between the front face of the revolving mirror and the cross-hair of the micrometer.
Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light |Albert A. Michelson