reticle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin reticulum, diminutive of Latin rete (“net”). Doublet of reticulum and reticule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛtɪkəl/

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Noun

reticle (plural reticles)

1. A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment
2. (obsolete) Alternative form of reticule (“a little bag”)
   • 1833, Francis Vesey, A General Digested Table and Index of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery‎^[1], volume 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.

Usage notes

Used in form “have somebody or something in one’s reticle”, meaning “to be targeting somebody or something”.

Related terms

• graticule
• Reticulum
• reticule

Translations

a gridwork or lattice of lines set into the eyepiece of optical instruments

• Bulgarian: визирен кръст m (viziren krǎst)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十字線／十字线 (zh) (shízìxiàn)

• Finnish: ristikko (fi)
• French: réticule (fr) m
• German: Fadennetz n, Strichplatte f, Fadenkreuz (de) n
• Greek: σταυρόνημα (el) n (stavrónima)
• Icelandic: þráðkross m, sjónkvarði m, hárkross m
• Japanese: 十字線 (じゅうじせん, jūjisen)
• Korean: 십자선 (sipjaseon)
• Persian: رتیکل (retikel), تورک (fa) (turak)
• Portuguese: retículo m
• Russian: се́тка визи́рных ни́тей f (sétka vizírnyx nítej)
• Swedish: hårkors n, streckplatta (sv) c
• Vietnamese: tâm ngắm, chữ thập (vi)

Anagrams

• clerite, tercile, tiercel