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device for alignment and aiming of a weapon
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Summary

sight ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (264 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sight is a type of appliance[2].
  • sight is part of fire-control system[3].
  • sight is part of firearm[4].
  • sight is used for aiming[5].
  • sight's Commons category is recorded as Gunsights[6].
  • sight's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sights[7].
  • sight's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • sight's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • sight's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[10].

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Definition and Type

sight is a type of appliance[2].

Use and Application

sight is used for aiming[5]. Part of include fire-control system[3] and firearm[4], a weapon type[11].

Why It Matters

sight ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (264 views/month).[1] sight has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] sight is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Sights
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25514, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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