Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
(photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion;
2.
an arrangement resembling a net or network;
- Example: "the reticulation of a leaf"- Example: "the reticulation of a photographic emulsion"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reticulation \Re*tic`u*la"tion\, n.
The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that
which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a
net.
[1913 Webster]
The particular net you occupy in the great
reticulation. --Carlyle.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reticulation
n 1: (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or
wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
2: an arrangement resembling a net or network; "the reticulation
of a leaf"; "the reticulation of a photographic emulsion"