Citations:graticule


 * Lebende Sprachen: Volumes 7-9; Volumes 7-9, Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer - 1962 A "graticule" is defined as "a scale on glass or other transparent material in the focal plane of an optical instrument, for the location and measurement of objects" (Strichplatte). The preferred AE term is "reticle", sometimes "reticule", which is also occasionally found in BE. It is used by most authors to denote exactly the same thing as graticule, though the dictionary definition (Webster) is somewhat different: "Reticle — a system of lines, wires, or the like, in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument."
 * Journal of physics: Scientific instruments: Volume 14, Issues 1-6. Institute of Physics (Great Britain), Institute of Physics and the Physical Society - 1981 (An element of confusion in the older literature has arisen through the indiscriminate employment of the terms graticule, reticule and reticle on the one hand, and crosshairs, crosslines, crosswebs, and crosswires on the other. Current usage distinguishes crosswires and reticles, whilst the other terms are gradually falling into disfavour.) .
 * Microphotography: photography at extreme resolution, Guy William Willis Stevens, - 1957 Microphotographic processes are used for making fine graduated scales (graticules),* including eyepiece scales for ... Throughout this book, American readers should note that graticule and reticle are considered to be synonymous.
 * The Optical industry & systems purchasing directory: Volume 33; Volume 33 - 1987 Graticule. The English term for Reticle.