reticlen.
/ˈrɛtᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈrɛdək(ə)l/ 1. † a. A small net; a cast net. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Reticle, a little Net, or Casting-net.
b. A structure resembling a net; a grid, a network.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [noun] > structure resembling network
netOE
webworkc1175
network1590
reticulation1663
spider-web1699
mesh1712
reticulum1722
reticle1790
spider-workc1812
meshwork1830
sagene1846
web1851
chainwork1864
ribwork1892
meshing1907
1790 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 23 The texture of animal and vegetable fibrous substances must be a sort of reticle.
1886 School of Mines Q. 7 324 To construct such a table: draw a reticle of horizontal and vertical lines, to represent convenient scales.
1932 Bull. National Res. Council No. 89 41 Reticulite (network rock) thus refers to a rock composed of a network or reticle of glass threads.
1996 E. M. Davoli in J. D. Masheck Van Gogh 100 xi. 149 Brush strokes in diversified reticles or hatchings..caress the plaster surface of the statue.
2. A grid or other pattern of fine threads, wires, lines, etc., in the focal plane or eyepiece of a telescope or other optical instrument in order to facilitate positioning, aiming, and measurement. Also called reticule. Cf. graticule n. 2.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > [noun] > instrument for looking through > parts of
sight-hole1559
aperture1665
diaphragm1665
reticule1728
reticle1731
wire1737
web1746
screena1764
eye cap1822
spider-line1829
cobweb1837
slit1863
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Reticula, Reticle,..a contrivance for the exact measuring the quantity of eclipses.
1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 590 In the common focus of the object-glass and eye-glass is placed a reticle..consisting of three horizontal and parallel fine-stretched silver wires,..with a fourth vertical wire..passing through the centre.
1879 S. Newcomb & E. S. Holden Astron. for Schools & Coll. 76 The reticle is a network of fine spider lines placed in the focus of the objective [of a telescope].
1926 H. N. Russell et al. Astron. I. ii. 45 In order to make the lines of the reticle visible at night a faint light is reflected into the instrument.
1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxvi. 417 The gunner trained left and centered the sight reticle on the nearest Soviet battle tank.
2006 D. S. Birney et al. Observational Astron. (ed. 2) vi. 122 The reticle or crosswires in an astronomical telescope should be placed in the focal plane of the objective.
3. A pattern of opaque and transparent sections for selectively allowing light or other radiation to pass; spec. one in the shape of a disc, rotated in the path of a beam of light or other radiation in order to interrupt it periodically; a photomask.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > [noun] > regulator, modifier
screena1764
light valve1922
reticle1944
1944 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 34 101/2 Light proceeding from a reticle or a narrow slit is reflected by a rapidly rotating mirror.
1961 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 51 1011/1 In the detection of infrared radiation, it is common practice to interrupt the incident beam periodically... The means used to accomplish this is usually a multisectored spinning aperture called a reticle.
1972 Optics & Laser Technol. 4 13/1 An optical system projects an image of the star..onto a rotating reticle. The radiation transmitted by the reticle comprises alternating transparent and opaque segments.
1996 Sci. Amer. Jan. 41/1 Instead of a negative, however, the stepper uses a reticle, or mask, to project a pattern onto the photoresist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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