boresightとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

boresight (plural boresights)

1. The optical axis of a directional antenna.
2. (firearms, weaponry) A device mounted along the bore axis of a gun barrel for purposes of aligning the barrel with the gun's sights.

動詞

boresight (third-person singular simple present boresights, present participle boresighting, simple past and past participle boresighted)

1. (firearms, weaponry) To use a boresight to align a gun barrel with the gun's sights.
   • 2022 December 21, Drachinifel, quoting M. Dick van Orden, 11:52 from the start, in Typhoon Cobra - When the weather does more damage than the enemy‎, archived from the original on 2 March 2025:

     A holiday spirit prevailed throughout the task group on these special days; stationkeeping was a bit more lax, and gun crews were off-duty so that the gunners could lubricate, adjust, and boresight their guns […]

参考

• Antenna boresight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boresight (firearm) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia