reticle

[ ret-i-kuhl ]

nounOptics.
  1. a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.

Origin of reticle

1
1650–60; <Latin rēticulum little net, equivalent to rēt- (stem of rēte) net + -i--i- + -culum-cle1

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British Dictionary definitions for reticle

reticle

less commonly reticule

/ (ˈrɛtɪkəl) /


noun
  1. a network of fine lines, wires, etc, placed in the focal plane of an optical instrument to assist measurement of the size or position of objects under observation: Also called: graticule

Origin of reticle

1
C17: from Latin rēticulum a little net, from rēte net

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