Lexic.us

Definition of Reticulate

1. Adjective. Resembling or forming a network. "A reticulated highway system"

2. Verb. Form a net or a network.

3. Verb. Distribute by a network, as of water or electricity.

4. Verb. Divide so as to form a network.

Definition of Reticulate

1. a. Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.

Definition of Reticulate

1. Adjective. Network-like in form or appearance. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To distribute or move via a network. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To divide into or form a network. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To create a network. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reticulate

1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

Medical Definition of Reticulate

1. Forming a network. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reticulate

reticular erythematous mucinosis reticular fibre reticular formation reticular layer of corium reticular membrane reticular nuclei of the brainstem reticular nucleus of thalamus reticular substance reticular tissue reticularia

reticularian reticularians reticularis cell reticularly reticulate (current term) reticulated reticulated bone reticulated corpuscle reticulated python reticulated water

reticulated waters reticulately reticulates reticulating reticulation reticulations reticule reticules reticulin

Literary usage of Reticulate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Histology of Medicinal Plants by William Mansfield (1916)
"reticulate VESSELS reticulate vessels are of common occurrence in ... The walls of reticulate vessels are thickened to a greater extent than are the walls ..."

2. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Certain organs can be grouped together with reference to their reticulate fiber framework, in which multicellular gland tubes are surrounded by a scarcely ..."

3. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"Excepting for the absence of the vibratory oral membrane, Cohn* regards this form as most nearly resembling Glaucoma; the indurated and reticulate cuticle ..."

4. Laboratory Exercises in Botany by Edson Sewell Bastin (1894)
"('l) The pinni-reticulate, or pinnately-netted, venation is the particular variety represented in ... The reticulate type is pre-eminently that found among ..."

5. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1875)
"... a thin,reticulate coral, the surface of which, magnified, is shown iu Fig. 306 a; Fig. 307, S. — Fig. ..."

6. A Class-book of Botany by Alphonso Wood (1851)
"... the melon tribe, all our forest trees, if- These are also distinguished at a glance, by the structure of their leaves, which are reticulate-veined, ..."

7. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter, William Henry Dallinger (1891)
"... at D swimming freely by their flagellate appendages, and at E creeping in the amoeboid condition; F, fully developed reticulate organism, ..."

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