Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reticulated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

{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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

reticulated
adj : resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a
leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" [syn: {reticulate},
{reticular}] [ant: {nonreticulate}]


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