How to Use reticle in a Sentence

reticle

noun
Definition of reticlenext
  • Again watch the reticle while turning the windage and elevation dials to move the crosshair over bullet hole.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Small things that are further from the reticle are more difficult to click; big things that are close are easier.
    — Ethan Davison, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The missile lock reticle for the anti-air launcher still bugs out and disappears.
    — Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2022
  • The reticle is now pointed exactly where the barrel is throwing its shots.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2020
  • This is why setting up a standard variable-power scope that has a duplex cross-hair reticle with a point-blank zero (PBZ) is a smart choice.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The reticle is for accuracy as the offensive player will have a brief time while the ball is in flight to pinpoint the accuracy.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • The first-focal plane design lets the shooter take maximum advantage of the reference marks in the reticle.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 21 Dec. 2020
  • One listing includes a shirt depicting a reticle focused on Epstein with both Bill and Hillary Clinton next to him.
    — Ashley Carman, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Typically, the light projected through the reticle covers an area that will become one chip.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2021
  • What’s more, your shaking hand and displayed targeting reticle only serve to emphasize how grainy your Space Zoom shot is going to be thanks to the simulated nature of the zoom function.
    — Patrick Lucas Austin, Time, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Shooting a traditional duplex reticle is as exciting as peddling a single-speed cruiser to and from the grocery store.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 21 Dec. 2020
  • This is a reference to controller players repeatedly tapping the L2 button to snap their aiming reticle to an opponent.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2020
  • The reticle features marks for quickly estimating range to target, compensating for bullet drop and accounting for wind shift.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Ammunition counts and targeting reticles are stamped into your virtual mind's eye, and peripheral vision is replaced by red semicircles and dinky little grenade icons pointing to incoming threats.
    — Erik Sofge, Popular Mechanics, 11 Mar. 2010
  • Competition reticles get very complicated very quickly.
    — Michael R. Shea, Field & Stream, 3 Jan. 2020

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