graticule

n. 制图格网, 格子线 [电] 草木

发音

UK /ˈɡɹætɪkjuːl/
其它
US /ˈɡɹætəˌkjul/
US /-ɾə-/

词形变化

graticules 复数 graticules

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

  2. 2.

    A grid of horizontal and vertical lines; specifically, one used as a guide to proportionately enlarge or reduce a drawing.

    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”).

    英国 工程 物理
  3. 3.

    A (nearly) rectangular or square region created by a grid of horizontal and vertical lines.

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词汇关系

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词源

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”)).

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