Reticulum

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A small constellation of the southern summer sky, said to resemble a reticle. It lies between the constellations of Horologium and Dorado.
2. (Chinese) Classified as two of 23 "Southern Asterisms" (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngqū)

Sinonieme

Reticle

mains

meshes

meshwork

network

reticulation

fishnet

interconnected system

Vertalings

Réticule

Netz

Reticolo

Reticulum

Reticulum

Δίκτυον

Net

Reticulum

Reticle

Ağcık

Reticulum

Reticul

fillet

xarxa

Etimologie (Engels)

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From later Latin rēticulum (“reticle”). The meaning is often wrongly interpreted as "net", which is an older meaning of the Latin root word. Doublet of reticle, reticule, and reticulum.