Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being reticulated or netlike; that which is reticulated; a network, or an arrangement of veins, etc., resembling one.
- noun In ornithology, one of the plates or small scales the assemblage of which makes the tarsus of a bird reticulate; also, the whole set of such plates, and the state of being reticulate: distinguished from
scutellation and lamination. - noun A method of copying a painting or drawing by the help of threads stretched across a frame so as to form squares, an equal number of proportional squares being made on the canvas or paper on which the copy is to be made.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net.
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- noun A
network ofcriss-crossing lines ,strands ,cables orpipes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
- noun an arrangement resembling a net or network
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Government has constructed what is called a reticulation system which carries water for domestic purposes and for livestock to the farms through pipe lines three hundred and fifty miles long.
Empire Parliamentary Association Visit to Australia and New Zealand 1944
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The orthography of the quattrocento musical score is akin to the reticulation of the velo, in which a view (prospettiva) was subdivided into quadrants of information that could more easily be translocated by an artisan from a sketch to a finished work, as Alberti recommends in De pictura.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Water reticulation systems have been easily damaged by lava flows, lahars (which can be caused by rainfall and subsequent erosion of ash into rivers), earthquakes, and ground deformation associated with magma intrusion and eruption.
Volcanic Ash -- Effects on Water Supply and Mitigation Strategies 2009
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Water reticulation systems have been easily damaged by lava flows, lahars (which can be caused by rainfall and subsequent erosion of ash into rivers), earthquakes, and ground deformation associated with magma intrusion and eruption.
Volcanic Ash -- Effects on Water Supply and Mitigation Strategies 2009
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Work in energy supply and water reticulation everywhere from Daru to Lihir.
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The power supply was shut down at the start of the eruption but large sections of the reticulation system was damaged by falling-trees and buildings.
Volcanic Ash—Effects on Power Supply and Mitigation Strategies 2009
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The Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill (2006) has gone through the Parliamentary process and should be implemented by now to regulate the provision of reticulation services at distribution level.
Speech by Themba Mahlaba during the debate on the Minerals & Energy budget vote 2008
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Wastewater treatment works were of particular concern, as well as other sectors, such as water treatment works, water and sewer reticulation, on-site sanitation, some provincial and municipal roads, and some provincial health and education facilities.
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He said the various economical intervention projects which included water reticulation and sanitation, roads rehabilitation and agricultural projects would promote investment and create opportunities to Mozambicans who lived in the north of the country.
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The Bill seeks to empower the Minister to prescribe key performance indicators for municipalities in relation to reticulation services
October 2007 2007
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