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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. form a net or a network;

2. distribute by a network, as of water or electricity;

3. divide so as to form a network;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. resembling or forming a network;
- Example: "the reticulate veins of a leaf"
- Example: "a reticulated highway system"
[syn: reticulate, reticular]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reticulate adj 1: resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" [syn: reticulate, reticular] [ant: nonreticulate] v 1: form a net or a network 2: distribute by a network, as of water or electricity 3: divide so as to form a network