reticle
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Late Latin reticulum, diminutive of Latin rete (“net”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
reticle (plural reticles)
- A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment
- (obsolete) A small net
- 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:
Usage notes [edit]
Used in form “have somebody or something in one’s reticle”, meaning “to be targeting somebody or something”.
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Translations [edit]
a gridwork or lattice of lines set into the eyepiece of optical instruments
