graticule

== English == === Etymology === 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”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹætɪkjuːl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹætəˌkjul/, [-ɾə-] Hyphenation: gra‧ti‧cule === Noun === graticule (plural graticules) A grid of horizontal and vertical lines; specifically, one used as a guide to proportionately enlarge or reduce a drawing. (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. (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 (by extension) A (nearly) rectangular or square region created by a grid of horizontal and vertical lines. ==== Derived terms ==== graticulate graticuled ==== Related terms ==== graticulation ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === 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. === Anagrams === curtilage, cutigeral == French == === Etymology === 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”)). === Pronunciation === === Noun === graticule m (plural graticules) graticule ==== Descendants ==== → English: graticule === Further reading === “graticule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012