different between reticle vs reticulate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin reticulum, diminutive of Latin rete (“net”). Doublet of reticulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?k?l/

Noun

reticle (plural reticles)

1. A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment
2. (obsolete) Alternative form of reticule (“a little bag”)
   • 1833, Francis Vesey, A General Digested Table and Index of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, vol. 20, page ix:

     On the following day Mrs. Kent went into the bed-room; and laid a reticle, which contained the money, upon her bed; and afterwards returned into the sitting-room; leaving the door between that and the bed-room open. After she had remained in the sitting-room about five minutes, she sent Miss S. for the reticle; and it was not to be found.

Usage notes

Used in form “have somebody or something in one’s reticle”, meaning “to be targeting somebody or something”.

Related terms

• graticule
• Reticulum
• reticule

Translations

Anagrams

• clerite, tercile, tiercel

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin r?ticul?tus (“reticulated, net-like”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?t
• Rhymes: -?kj?le?t

Adjective

reticulate (comparative more reticulate, superlative most reticulate)

1. Network-like in form or appearance.

Synonyms

• reticular

Coordinate terms

• reticuloid

Derived terms

• infrareticulate

Translations

Verb

reticulate (third-person singular simple present reticulates, present participle reticulating, simple past and past participle reticulated)

1. (transitive) To distribute or move via a network.
2. (transitive) To divide into or form a network.
3. (intransitive) To create a network.

Derived terms

• reticulation
• reticulative

Related terms

• reticle
• reticule

Latin

Adjective

r?ticul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of r?ticul?tus