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reticule


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reticule  \Ret"i*cule\,  n..  [F.  r['e]ticule,  L.  reticulum,  dim. 
  of  rete  a  net.  Cf.{Retina},  {Reticle}.] 
  1.  A  little  bag,  originally  of  network;  a  woman's  workbag,  or 
  a  little  bag  to  be  carried  in  the  hand.  --De  Quincey. 
 
  2.  A  system  of  wires  or  lines  in  the  focus  of  a  telescope  or 
  other  instrument;  a  reticle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reticule 
  n  1:  a  woman's  drawstring  handbag;  usually  made  of  net  or  beading 
  or  brocade;  used  in  18th  and  19th  centuries 
  2:  a  system  of  fine  lines,  dots,  cross  hairs,  or  wires  in  the 
  focal  plane  of  the  eyepiece  of  an  optical  instrument  [syn: 
  {reticle},  {graticule}] 




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