Definition of "bombsight" []

• A device in a combat aircraft for determining the point at which to drop a bomb in order to strike a target. (noun)

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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."
• "Maybe there was a zero error bombsight company, but the company that makes reels now made time bombs for drilling."
• "In 1940, he became an engineer for the Sperry Gyroscope Co. in New York, where he worked on bomber navigation systems and the Norden bombsight mechanism."