Antonyms for reticulation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ri-tik-yuh-ley-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˌtɪk yəˈleɪ ʃən

Definition of reticulation

Origin : 1670s, noun of action or state from reticulate (v.).

As in lattice : noun mesh, trellis
As in mesh : noun netting, entanglement
As in network : noun system of connections
As in web : noun netting

Example sentences :

It is given to complete a mesh in the reticulation of the orders of life.
Extract from : « Love's Meinie » by John Ruskin

In most species the reticulation and particularly the separation of the chambers is more or less incomplete.
Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel

An Antarctic iceberg with a reticulation of crevasses on its tilted surface.
Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson

In this reticulation of snow paths the drum is sounded and the flag raised.
Extract from : « Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

The vaultings of the three swellings and the reticulation are also variable; the whole form is often irregular.
Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel

As a cobweb to a cabbage-net, so fine was Mrs. Bazalgette's reticulation compared with Uncle Fountain's.
Extract from : « Love Me Little, Love Me Long » by Charles Reade

In a few genera the surface of the eggs is covered with reticulation arranged in geometrical patterns (see Fig. 1).
Extract from : « The Butterfly Book » by William Jacob Holland

The tympanum of the gable is covered with a reticulation of round beads or rolls.
Extract from : « Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys » by Dugald Butler and Herbert Story

At first the branches had been utterly bare, and beyond their reticulation had been visible the rosy façade of a new Board-school.
Extract from : « Hilda Lessways » by Arnold Bennett

The reticulation of lanes will always prove a trouble to the police and a security to pickpockets.
Extract from : « Curiosities of Civilization » by Andrew Wynter

Synonyms for reticulation

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