reticulation
Americannoun
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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
The immense reticulation of railroads, amounting to an aggregate length of 2720 miles, which are tributary to this port, now daily brings into Chicago the vast amount of agricultural produce exhibited in our tables.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 by Various
The alkalies employed with the dyes should be employed in diluted solutions, as being liable to produce reticulation.
From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Peter C. Duchochois
Skeleton dense, forming a close reticulation; radiating fibres slender but quite distinct, running up right through the sponge, crossed at frequent intervals by single spicules or groups of spicules.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
Mrs. Tree was over seventy, but apart from an amazing reticulation of wrinkles netted close and fine like a woven veil, she showed little sign of her great age.
From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Robert I. Fulton
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