graticule
The network of lines of latitude and longitude that make up a coordinate system such…A grid of horizontal and vertical lines; specifically, one used as a guide to proportionately enlarge or reduce a drawing.: 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.
Meaning
3 sensesA grid of horizontal and vertical lines; specifically, one used as a guide to proportionately enlarge or reduce a drawing.
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.
Gradnetz
координа́тная се́ткаkoordinátnaja sétka, се́ткаsétka
(UK)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”).
(broadly)A (nearly) rectangular or square region created by a grid of horizontal and vertical lines.
- a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French graticule, from Medieval Latin grātīcula, from Latin crāticula (“gratBorrowed 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”)).
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Forms
plural: graticules| Singular | graticule |
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Synonyms
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7 related wordsSee also
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