sightline
sightline noun: a line between an observer or a piece of optical equipment and an object of interest; line of sight.
Noun
sightline (plural sightlines)
- A line between an observer or a piece of optical equipment and an object of interest; line of sight.
- This area, referred to as the fly loft, should typically be two and a half times taller than the proscenium opening in order to fly the scenery above the vertical sightlines of the first row of the audience.2015, Jeromy Hopgood, Dance Production: Design and Technology, page 44
- They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 439
sightline meaning in Tamil
sightline in Tamil
- பார்வைக்கோடு, பார்வைக் கோடு
Forms of sightline
| plural | sightlines |
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Origin of sightline
From sight + line.
Questions about sightline
- What does sightline mean?
- Sightline means a line between an observer or a piece of optical equipment and an object of interest; line of sight.
- What is sightline in Tamil?
- Sightline in Tamil is பார்வைக்கோடு, பார்வைக் கோடு. See Sightline meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sightline?
- Sightline is a noun.
- What is the plural of sightline?
- The plural of sightline is sightlines.
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