reticulation

[ ri-tik-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

/ rɪˌtɪk yəˈleɪ ʃən /

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noun

a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.

Origin of reticulation

First recorded in 1665–75; reticulate + -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM reticulation

in·ter·re·tic·u·la·tion, noun

Words nearby reticulation

reticular tissue, reticulate, reticulated bone, reticulated tracery, reticulate python, reticulation, reticule, reticulin, reticulo-, reticulocyte, reticulocytopenia

Example sentences from the Web for reticulation

As a cobweb to a cabbage-net, so fine was Mrs. Bazalgette's reticulation compared with Uncle Fountain's.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long|Charles Reade
In this reticulation of snow paths the drum is sounded and the flag raised.
Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
An Antarctic iceberg with a reticulation of crevasses on its tilted surface.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
In most species the reticulation and particularly the separation of the chambers is more or less incomplete.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)|Ernst Haeckel

At first the branches had been utterly bare, and beyond their reticulation had been visible the rosy façade of a new Board-school.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett