reticulation

noun
/ɹəˌtɪkjəˈleɪʃən/US

Etymology

By surface analysis, reticule + -ation, or, by surface analysis, reticulate + -ion.

Definitions

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

    • Near-synonym: (lines) graticulation
    • The students studied the reticulation of the veins in the leaf.
  2. A method of copying a painting by the help of threads stretched across a frame.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reticulation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA