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tick marks

  1. [symbology] Graphics that mark divisions of measurement on a scale bar.
  2. [graphics (map display)] Short, regularly spaced lines along the edge of an image or neatline that indicate intervals of distance, such as the intersection of longitude and latitude lines to denote the graticule.