Definition of Reticulation

1. Noun. (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion.

Category relationships: Photography, Picture Taking
Generic synonyms: Formation
Derivative terms: Reticulate

2. Noun. An arrangement resembling a net or network. "The reticulation of a photographic emulsion"
Generic synonyms: Network
Derivative terms: Reticulate

Definition of Reticulation

1. n. The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net.

Definition of Reticulation

1. Noun. A network of criss-crossing lines, strands, cables or pipes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reticulation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Reticulation

1. The presence or formation of a reticulum or network, such as that observed in the red blood cells during active regeneration of blood. Also used to describe a chest radiographic pattern. See: reticulonodular pattern. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reticulation

reticularia
reticularian
reticularians
reticularis cell
reticularly
reticulate
reticulated
reticulated bone
reticulated corpuscle
reticulated python
reticulated water
reticulated waters
reticulately
reticulates
reticulating
reticulation (current term)
reticulations
reticule
reticules
reticulin
reticuline oxidase
reticulitis
reticulo-
reticulocyte
reticulocyte lysate
reticulocytes
reticulocytopenia
reticuloendothelial

Literary usage of Reticulation

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

1. Pittonia by Edward Lee Greene (1905)
"Leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate, frequently acuminate, reticulation of both faces ... 17) when thick and coriaceous pliable, the reticulation less obvious ..."

2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... anal prolegs are orange-yellow ; the plates on the outside of prolegs colourless ; the reticulation continued ventrally on the ist abdominal segment. ..."

3. The Preparation of Illustrations for Reports of the United States Geological by John Livesy Ridgway, Geological Survey (U.S.) (1920)
"Requisitions for celluloid prints are made on the form used for requesting photolithographic work. SKETCHING BY reticulation. If the sheet bearing the ..."

4. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1826)
"... are irregular in size and form, but are mostly hexagonal, not oblique, and often little more than a mere reticulation. My friend Captain CARMICHAEL had ..."

5. Monograph of the Coccidæ of the British Isles by Robert Newstead (1903)
"... the space between the cells very dark brown or black, forming a distinct reticulation; when viewed by transmitted light the derm-cells (Fig. ..."

6. Mathematical Questions and Solutions, from "The Educational Times", with edited by Constance I Marks (1885)
"(By Professor SYLVESTER, FRS)—A plane or solid reticulation, rigid but without weight, is formed by the intersections of equidistant lines or planes. ..."

7. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Bulb-coats (often reddish) with a delicate transversely sinuate or serrate reticulation, the verticil! lines especially also minutely sinuous : scape ..."

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