Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A grid or pattern placed in the eyepiece of an optical instrument, used to establish scale or position.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
reticule , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small net.
- noun rare A reticule. See
Reticule , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
grid ,network , orcrosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement oralignment - noun obsolete A small
net
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The bdc reticle is nice but a .270 properly sighted in will not require holdover at any reasonable range.
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The bdc reticle is nice but a .270 properly sighted in will not require holdover at any reasonable range.
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A Redfield 3X9 with a 1 tube, and range estimator reticle is mounted on this rifle.
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For meaning 2, the word reticle is also used; the words are unconnected, this one being from a diminutive of rête 'net.'
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A reticle is a cross hair placed within half a micron of accuracy on the film plate by metal evaporation at Zeiss.
unknown title 2009
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A reticle is a cross hair placed within half a micron of accuracy on the film plate by metal evaporation at Zeiss.
unknown title 2009
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And is Nikon's B.D.C. reticle accurate for 308's? can you eat coyote. i know their mainly hunted for their pelts.
ER Shaw website 2009
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If you want something with different aiming points for different ranges, get a mil-dot reticle.
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And is Nikon's B.D.C. reticle accurate for 308's? can you eat coyote. i know their mainly hunted for their pelts.
Hunting on Sundays 2009
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If you want something with different aiming points for different ranges, get a mil-dot reticle.
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