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Reticle

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reticulenounA small women's bag made of a woven net-like material.
graticulenoun(geography) The network of lines of latitude and longitude that make up a coordinate system such as the one used for charts and maps of the Earth.

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reticulenounA small women's bag made of a woven net-like material.
graticulenoun(geography) The network of lines of latitude and longitude that make up a coordinate system such as the one used for charts and maps of the Earth.
crosshairnounReticle.
réseaunounIn lace, a ground or foundation of regular meshes.
gratingnounThe sound made by something that grates against something else.
crosshairsnounA set of two perpendicular lines in the sight of a firearm, used to align the gun with the target.
orthonoun(countable, chemistry) An isomer of a benzene derivative having two substituents adjacent on the ring.
griddingnounThe adding of a grid of lines to a map etc.
derotatornoun(astronomy) Any optical, electronic or digital device that corrects for the rotation of an image or field of view as a telescope tracks
gridlinenoun(computing, graphical user interface) A line that forms part of a grid.
reflecting circlenounAn astronomical instrument for measuring angles, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having an entire circle.
eyepiecenounThe lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.
eye-piecenounAlternative spelling of eyepiece. [The lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.]
collimatornoun(physics) An optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser beam divergence.
retenoun(anatomy) A network of blood vessels or nerves.
grid referencenounThe point or area on a map described by the numbers or letters indicated.
gridsquarenounA square on a two-dimensional grid
optigraphnounA telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes by means of an attached pencil.
collimationnounaligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations
alidadenoun(cartography, astronomy, surveying) A type of sighting device used for measuring angles.

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