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語源

The graticule (sense 1.2) or reticle of a Bell & Howell pocket comparator, an optical instrument used for measurement.

The graticule (sense 1.2) or reticle of the telescopic sight mounted on a SVD sniper rifle.

Borrowed from French graticule, from Medieval Latin grātīcula, from Latin crāticula (“grating, grill”), from crātis (“hurdle; wickerwork”) (probably from Proto-Indo-European *kréh₂-tis (“fenced handiwork”)) + -cula (feminine form of -culus, a variant of -ulus (“diminutive suffix”)).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɡɹætɪkjuːl/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɡɹætəˌkjul/, [-ɾə-]
• ハイフネーション: gra‧ti‧cule

名詞

graticule (plural graticules)

1. A grid of horizontal and vertical lines; specifically, one used as a guide to proportionately enlarge or reduce a drawing.
   1. (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.
   2. (UK, optics) Synonym of reticle (“a transparent plate marked with a crosshair, grid, or scale which is used in an optical instrument, etc., to aid in alignment, counting, or measurement of objects being observed; also, the crosshair, grid, or scale on such a plate”).

      Synonym: reticule

2. (by extension) A (nearly) rectangular or square region created by a grid of horizontal and vertical lines.

派生語

• graticulate
• graticuled

関連する語

• graticulation

参考

参照

Further reading

• graticule (cartography) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• reticle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• graticule (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “graticule, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

アナグラム

• curtilage, cutigeral