different between reticule vs reticulate

English

Etymology

From French réticule, from Latin reticulum, diminutive of r?te (“net”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?kju?l/

Noun

reticule (plural reticules)

1. A reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument. [from 18th c.]
   • 2017: "The Legend of WWII’s Bombsight Rapunzel" by Eric Grundhauser

     [H]er hair had been used to create the reticule in the famous Norden bombsight—a top-secret WWII targeting device.

2. A small women's bag made of a woven net-like material. [from 19th c.]
   • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch 1:

     She carries some small litter in a reticule which she calls her documents, principally consisting of paper matches and dry lavender.

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book 3, Chapter 8,^[1]

     Miss Pross, exploring the depths of her reticule through her tears with great difficulty, paid for her wine.

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 606,^[2]

     Pléiade […] lingered through another bottle of wine before producing from her reticule a Vacheron & Constantin watch […] .

Translations

Anagrams

• crueltie

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