Reticule

[retikju:l]

Definition

(noun.) a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries.

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Definition

(n..) A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand.

(n..) A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Work-bag.

Typist: Sophie

Definition

n. a little network bag: a lady's workbag: an attachment to a telescope consisting of a network of lines ruled on glass.—adj. Retic′ular having the form of network: formed with interstices: (anat.) cellular.—ns. Reticulā′rē; Reticulā′ria a genus of the myxomycetous fungi.—n.pl. Reticulariā′ce?/span>.—adjs. Reticulā′rian; Reticulā′rious.—adv. Retic′ularly.—adjs. Retic′ulary; Retic′ulāte -d netted: having the form or structure of a net: having veins crossing like network as a reticulate leaf.—n. Reticulā′tion a method of copying a painting by the help of threads stretched across a frame.—adj. Retic′ulōse finely reticulate.—n. Retic′ulum a network: the second stomach of a ruminant: a southern constellation.—Reticular cartilage a cartilage in which the matrix is permeated with elastic fibres; Reticular layer of skin the deeper part of the corium; Reticulated glass ware made from glass in which one set of coloured lines meets with another; Reticulated micrometer a micrometer for an optical instrument with a reticule in the focus of an eyepiece; Reticulated moulding a fillet interlaced in various ways; Reticulated work masonry constructed with diamond-shaped stones.

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Examples

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