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Reticule

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ret⋅i⋅cule

  [ret-i-kyool]
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–noun
1. a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
2. Optics. reticle.
Origin:
1720–30; < F réticule < L rēticulum reticle

ret⋅i⋅cle

  [ret-i-kuhl]
–noun Optics.
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
Also, reticule.

Origin:
1650–60; < L rēticulum little net, equiv. to rēt- (s. of rēte) net + -i- -i- + -culum -cle 1
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ret·i·cule   (rět'ĭ-kyōōl')   
n.  

  1. A drawstring handbag or purse.

  2. A reticle.


[French réticule, from Latin rēticulum, diminutive of rēte, net.]
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