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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French ''targette'', ''targuete'', diminutive of ''targe'' [[light]] shield, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse ''targa'' shield
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: a small round [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield shield]
*2a : a mark to shoot at
:b : a target marked by shots fired at it
:c : something or someone fired at or marked for [[attack]]
:d : a [[goal]] to be [[achieved]]
*3:a : an object of ridicule or [[criticism]]
:b : something or someone to be [[affected]] by an [[action]] or [[development]]
*4a : the metallic [[surface]] (as of platinum or tungsten) upon which the [[stream]] of [[electrons]] within an [[X-ray]] tube is [[focused]] and from which the X-rays are emitted
:b : a [[body]], [[surface]], or material bombarded with [[nuclear]] [[particles]] or [[electrons]]; especially : fluorescent material on which desired [[visual]] effects are produced in electronic devices (as in [[radar]])
==Description==
The bullseye, or bull's-eye, is the [[centre]] of a '''target''' (worth 10 points in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_archery target archery] or 50 points in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darts darts]), and by extension the name given to any shot that hits the bullseye. In darts, a double bullseye is the centre (small) bullseye and counts as 50 points.
The word bullseye can therefore refer to any [[design]] or [[pattern]] featuring prominent [[concentric]] [[circles]], [[visually]] suggesting an archery target. Consequently, "hitting the bullseye" became a term for an unexpectedly [[good]] [[success]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French ''targette'', ''targuete'', diminutive of ''targe'' [[light]] shield, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse ''targa'' shield
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: a small round [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield shield]
*2a : a mark to shoot at
:b : a target marked by shots fired at it
:c : something or someone fired at or marked for [[attack]]
:d : a [[goal]] to be [[achieved]]
*3:a : an object of ridicule or [[criticism]]
:b : something or someone to be [[affected]] by an [[action]] or [[development]]
*4a : the metallic [[surface]] (as of platinum or tungsten) upon which the [[stream]] of [[electrons]] within an [[X-ray]] tube is [[focused]] and from which the X-rays are emitted
:b : a [[body]], [[surface]], or material bombarded with [[nuclear]] [[particles]] or [[electrons]]; especially : fluorescent material on which desired [[visual]] effects are produced in electronic devices (as in [[radar]])
==Description==
The bullseye, or bull's-eye, is the [[centre]] of a '''target''' (worth 10 points in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_archery target archery] or 50 points in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darts darts]), and by extension the name given to any shot that hits the bullseye. In darts, a double bullseye is the centre (small) bullseye and counts as 50 points.
The word bullseye can therefore refer to any [[design]] or [[pattern]] featuring prominent [[concentric]] [[circles]], [[visually]] suggesting an archery target. Consequently, "hitting the bullseye" became a term for an unexpectedly [[good]] [[success]].
[[Category: General Reference]]