line of sight

English

line of sight (plural lines of sight)

A straight line along which an observer has a clear view.
in my line of sight
(weaponry) The line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object.

A straight line along which an observer has a clear view

Chinese:
Mandarin: 視線／视线 (zh) (shìxiàn)
Finnish: näkölinja (fi)
French: ligne de mire (fr) f
German: Sichtlinie (de) f (but this is only idiomatic in technical language and no equivalent is idiomatic in the colloquial), Sichtverbindung f (for this term an occasional or possible connection may suffice), Sichtweite (de) f, Blickweite f (this tendentially presupposes broadness rather than a line, i.e. field of vision)
Italian: linea di mira
Japanese: 視線 (ja) (しせん, shisen), 目線 (ja) (mesen)
Polish: linia wzroku f
Portuguese: campo de visão m
Romanian: linie de vedere f, câmp de vedere n, linie vizuală (ro) f
Russian: луч обзо́ра m (luč obzóra), ли́ния обзо́ра f (línija obzóra), ли́ния визи́рования f (línija vizírovanija)
Swedish: siktlinje c, syftningslinje c, syftlinje c

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