Associations to the word «Graticule»

Wiktionary

GRATICULE, noun. A grid of horizontal and vertical lines.
GRATICULE, noun. (specifically) (optics) (British) Synonym for reticle
GRATICULE, noun. (specifically) (geography) The network of lines of latitude and longitude that make a up a coordinate system such as the one used on the Earth.
GRATICULE, noun. A nearly square or nearly rectangular region created by a graticule.

Dictionary definition

GRATICULE, noun. A network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin