Reticulum Definition

rĭ-tĭkyə-ləm

reticula

noun

reticula

A netlike pattern or structure; network.

Webster's New World

A S constellation between Dorado and Horologium.

Webster's New World

Any network or netlike structure, as the weblike structure found in the protoplasm of many cells.

Webster's New World

The second chamber of the stomach of cud-chewing animals, as cows.

Webster's New World

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pronoun

(astronomy) A small constellation of the southern summer sky, said to resemble a reticle. It lies between the constellations of Horologium and Dorado.

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(Chinese, astronomy) Classified as two of 23 "Southern Asterisms" (近南極星區, JìnnánjíxÄ«ngqÅ«)

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Origin of Reticulum

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From later Latin reticulum, a "reticle". The meaning is often wrongly interpreted as a "net", which is an older meaning of the Latin root word.

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Latin rēticulum diminutive of rēte net

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin reticulum (“net").

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