reticle
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹɛtɪkəl/
reticle (plural reticles)
- A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment
- (obsolete) Alternative form of reticule#English|reticule (“a little bag”)
- 1833, Francis Vesey, A General Digested Table and Index of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, vol. 20 ↗, page ix:
- On the following day Mrs. Kent went into the bed-room; and laid a reticle, which contained the money, upon her bed; and afterwards returned into the sitting-room; leaving the door between that and the bed-room open. After she had remained in the sitting-room about five minutes, she sent Miss S. for the reticle; and it was not to be found.
- 1833, Francis Vesey, A General Digested Table and Index of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, vol. 20 ↗, page ix:
- French: réticule
- German: Fadennetz, Strichplatte, Fadenkreuz
- Portuguese: retículo
- Russian: се́тка визир
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