reticulation

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re·tic·u·late

(rĭ-tĭk′yə-lĭt, -lāt′)

adj.

1. Resembling or forming a net or network: reticulate veins of a leaf.

2. Relating to or being an evolutionary process that involves the exchange of genes between organisms of different species, as in the formation of a new species through hybridization.

v. (-lāt′) re·tic·u·lat·ed, re·tic·u·lat·ing, re·tic·u·lates

v.tr.

1. To make a net or network of.

2. To mark with lines resembling a network.

v.intr.

To form a net or network.

[Latin rēticulātus, from rēticulum, diminutive of rēte, net.]

re·tic′u·late·ly adv.

re·tic′u·la′tion n.

re•tic•u•la•tion

(rɪˌtɪk yəˈleɪ ʃən)

n.

a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.

[1665–75]

reticulation

arrangement in the form of a network, as for decoration. — reticulate, adj.

re·tic·u·la·tion

n. reticulación, disposición reticular.

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Noun	1.	reticulation - (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs formation - natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"
	2.	reticulation - an arrangement resembling a net or network; "the reticulation of a leaf"; "the reticulation of a photographic emulsion" network - a system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals"