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Definitions for: Reticulate
[adj] resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system"
[v] divide so as to form a network
[v] distribute by a network, as of water or electricity
[v] form a net or a network
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
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.
Synonyms: cancellate, cancellated, clathrate, crisscross, crisscrossed, fretted, interconnected, interlaced, interrelated, lacy, latticed, latticelike, meshed, netlike, netted, networklike, reticular, reticulated, webbed, webby, weblike
Antonyms: nonreticulate
See Also: change, distribute, form
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