reticulation

See also: réticulation

English

Etymology

reticule +‎ -ation.

Noun

reticulation (countable and uncountable, plural reticulations)

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

   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.

Related terms

• reticulate

Translations

a network of criss-crossing lines

• German: Netzwerk (de) n, Netzstruktur f

causing the formation of a network

• German: Vernetzung (de) f, Runzelkornbildung f