A compact high-power monocular telescope optimized for detailed observation of distant objects such as wildlife or the strike of a bullet on a target.

plural of spotted nutcracker

An area that has no radio (or wi-fi) reception / (cinematography) A part of a scene that has insufficient lighting / (seismology) A location around earthquake epicentre that prone to earthquake.

plural of spot date

(accounting) the normal settlement day when the transaction is carried out as soon as practical, i.e. "on the spot".

(medicine) A spot on the skin that is characteristic of the plague or of a similar disease. / (figuratively) A plague, a scourge, a calamity (someone that is a persistent source of trouble).

present participle of hit the spot

A small patch of a vehicle tyre that has been flattened by abrasion with the road surface, so that the tyre is no longer smoothly circular at that point; usually caused by the wheel locking under heavy braking.

To cause a flat spot on (a vehicle tyre), usually by locking the wheels under heaving braking.

Synonym of Arago spot