{"id":38585,"date":"2023-04-11T18:02:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T23:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=38585"},"modified":"2023-04-11T18:02:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T23:02:50","slug":"word-of-the-day-880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2023\/04\/11\/word-of-the-day-880\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Reticle<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vocabulary.com\/dictionary\/reticle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Vocabulary.com<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Noted in &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/all-about-the-xm157-next-generation-fire-control-system-for-the-xm5-rifle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All About The XM157 Next Generation Fire Control System for the XM5 Rifle<\/a><\/em>,&#8221; Jennifer Sensiba, <em><strong>The Truth About Guns<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fortunately, Vortex thought about that and made sure to design an optic that\u2019s actually an optic, not a digital screen. The \u201csmart\u201d parts only project information (including a self-adjusting reticle) onto a transparent display inside of a normal low-power 1-8\u00d730 variable optic (LPVO) with an etched reticle. If the smart parts fail, a soldier can still use the XM157 like a normal optic and stay in the fight without needing to switch to irons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reticle: a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument [Vocabulary.com] Noted in &#8220;All About The XM157 Next Generation Fire Control System for the XM5 Rifle,&#8221; Jennifer Sensiba, The Truth About Guns: Fortunately, Vortex thought about that and \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2023\/04\/11\/word-of-the-day-880\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38586,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38585\/revisions\/38586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}