HyperDic: graticule

English > 1 sense of the word graticule:
NOUNartifactgraticule, reticle, reticulea network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
English > graticule: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
Synonymsreticle, reticule
Part ofeyepiece, ocularcombination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
Partscross hair, cross wireEither of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration
BroadernetworkA system of intersecting lines or channels
Spanishretícula, retículo
Catalanreticle, retícula

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