reticulate
UK /ɹəˈtɪkjʊlət/ · US /ɹəˈtɪkjələt/ adjective, verb
Forms reticulates reticulating reticulated
- adjective Network-like in form or appearance.
- verb (transitive) To distribute or move via a network.
- verb (transitive) To divide into or form a network.
- verb (intransitive) To create a network.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rēticulātus (“reticulated, net-like”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.
- adjective Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect. Reticulated glass, ornamental ware made from glass in which one set of white or colored lines seems to meet and interlace with another set in a different plane.
Etymology [L. reticulatus. See Reticule.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “reticulate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details