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reticulation

Pronunciation:  ri`tikyu'leyshun

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an interconnected or intersecting configuration or system of components; "there was a hole in the network where some of the strands were broken"; "he used a copper frame with copper meshing"
  2. [n]  (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
 
 Synonyms: mesh, meshing, meshwork, net, network
 
 See Also: computer network, early warning system, formation, graticule, grid, reference grid, reseau, reticle, reticule, system

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*tic`u*la"tion\, n.
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.

 

 

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