RETICULATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)