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RETICULATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arrangement resembling a net or network
Example:
the reticulation of a photographic emulsion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("reticulation" is a kind of...):
network (a system of intersecting lines or channels)
Derivation:
reticulate (form a net or a network)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("reticulation" is a kind of...):
formation (natural process that causes something to form)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Derivation:
reticulate (divide so as to form a network)
