reticulation
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- interreticulation noun
Etymology
Origin of reticulation
First recorded in 1665–75; reticulate + -ion
Example Sentences
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He says that desalinated water probably costs two or three times more than if you had to build a damn and reticulation system, but it would have cost more a few years ago.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2010
Dr. Rex, l. c., has pointed out the lack of reticulation on the capillitium and calyculus.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
The former still bear the Lion of St. Mark's, and one long nine-pounder is exquisitely ornamented with a reticulation of vines cast in relief over the whole length of it.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various
While the terminations of the placental arteries and veins are spread in fine reticulation on the sides of these cells.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
The alkalies employed with the dyes should be employed in diluted solutions, as being liable to produce reticulation.
From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.
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