'Reticulate' definitions:
Definition of 'reticulate'
From: WordNet
adjective
Resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" [syn: reticulate, reticular] [ant: nonreticulate]
verb
Form a net or a network
verb
Distribute by a network, as of water or electricity
verb
Divide so as to form a network
Definition of 'Reticulate'
From: GCIDE
- Reticulate \Re*tic"u*late\, Reticulated \Re*tic"u*la`ted\, a. [L. reticulatus. See Reticule.]
- 1. Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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.
- Reticulated micrometer, a micrometer for an optical instrument, consisting of a reticule in the focus of an eyepiece.
- Reticulated work (Masonry), work constructed with diamond-shaped stones, or square stones placed diagonally. [1913 Webster]