RETICULATION

reticulation

(noun) an arrangement resembling a net or network; “the reticulation of a leaf”; “the reticulation of a photographic emulsion”

reticulation

(noun) (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

reticulation (countable and uncountable, plural reticulations)

A network of criss-crossing lines, strands, cables or pipes.

A method of copying a painting by the help of threads stretched across a frame.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*tic`u*la"tion, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net. The particular net you occupy in the great reticulation. Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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