rete
Americannoun
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a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
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a network, as of fibers, nerves, or blood vessels.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of rete
1350–1400; Middle English riet < Latin rēte net
Example Sentences
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Seals don’t need to regulate swimming-related blood pulses—and if that’s what a cranial rete mirabile is for, it explains why seals don’t have one.
From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2022
Vogl also points out that seals—which belong to a different marine mammal group—don’t have a rete mirabile around their brain.
From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2022
The plate was a map of the sky and the rete simulated the daily movement of the earth in relation to the stars.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
An irregular cavity is thus formed in the thickened rete traversed by septa, the contained exudation being filled with granules, coagulated fibrin, and lymph.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The outer rim of the rete has 120 teeth.
From On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass by Price, Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla)
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