Associations to the word «Reticle»

Wiktionary

RETICLE, noun. A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment
RETICLE, noun. (obsolete) A small net

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats