reticulation

Plural: reticulations

Noun

• (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
• an arrangement resembling a net or network
  • "the reticulation of a leaf"
  • "the reticulation of a photographic emulsion"
• A network of criss-crossing lines, strands, cables or pipes.
• A method of copying a painting by the help of threads stretched across a frame.

Examples

• The students studied the reticulation of the veins in the leaf.

Related Words

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