cancellatedadj.
/ˈkansəleɪtɪd/ 1. Marked with crossing lines, like latticework; separated into spaces or divisions as by cancelli.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > like a lattice or grating
latticed1577
cancellate1661
trellised1664
cancellated1681
grated1786
treillaged1810
portcullised?1828
gridded1926
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §2. 16 The tail of the castor is almost bald..and cancellated, with some resemblance to the scales of fishes.
1800 Young in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 55 To this I adapted a cancellated micrometer.
?1841 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 9. 272 Shell conical..cancellated with transverse striæ.
2. spec. Having a cellular structure formed by fine interlacing fibres and plates running in all directions, and separated by minute labyrinthine cavities, as in the less compact tissue of bones.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > substance of bones > [adjective] > cancelli
cancellated1835
cancellous1836
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 443 The cancellated structure in which the marrow is lodged.
1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 326 In quality from a coarse gritty and cancellated structure to a fine compact homogeneous paste.
1881 Jrnl. Microsc. Sc. 42 Labyrinthic or cancellated shelly growths.
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adj.1681