reticulate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: re=tic=u=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

reticulate, a. [L. reticulatus. See Reticule.].

•  Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

reticulate, v. & adj.
--v.tr. & intr.
1 divide or be divided in fact or appearance into a network.
2 arrange or be arranged in small squares or with intersecting lines.
--adj. reticulated.

Derivative

reticulately adv. reticulation n.

Etymology

L reticulatus reticulated (as RETICULUM)