Bombsight

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  • noun. A device in a combat aircraft for determining the point at which to drop a bomb in order to strike a target.
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  • noun. a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs.
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  • noun. A device which allows bombs to be accurately dropped from moving aircraft so as to hit a desired target.
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  • noun. a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
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    "The British hoped to find out about an effective bombsight they coveted, but they also aimed simply to "create goodwill"—Mr. Phelps provides an appendix with minutes of the group's first meeting—so that the Americans, who were also working on radar development, would lend a hand."
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