reticulate

reticulate
I. adjective Etymology: Latin reticulatus, from reticulum Date: 1658 1. resembling a net or network; especially having veins, fibers, or lines crossing <
a reticulate leaf
>
2. being or involving evolutionary change dependent on genetic recombination involving diverse interbreeding populations • reticulately adverb II. verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: back-formation from reticulated, adjective, reticulate Date: circa 1728 transitive verb to divide, mark, or construct so as to form a network intransitive verb to become reticulated

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  • Reticulate — Re*tic u*late, Reticulated Re*tic u*la ted, a. [L. reticulatus. See {Reticule}.] 1. Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure. [1913 Webster] 2. Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reticulate — index intertwine Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • reticulate — (adj.) 1650s, from L. reticulatus having a net like pattern, from reticulum little net, dim. of rete net, which probably is cognate with Lith. retis sieve, and from either the root of L. rarus thin or another PIE root meaning twist, bind.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • reticulate — [ri tik′yəlit; ] also, and for v.always [, ri tik′yəlāt΄] adj. [L reticulatus < reticulum: see RETICULE] 1. like a net or network; netlike 2. Bot. having the veins arranged like the threads of a net: said of leaves: Also reticulated vt.… …   English World dictionary

  • reticulate —   v.t. mark with network like lines; a. like network.    ♦ reticular, a. net like; intricate.    ♦ reticulation, n. reticulate marking.    ♦ reticule, n. handbag, especially of net.    ♦ reticulose, a. reticulated.    ♦ reticulum, n. (pl.    ♦… …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • reticulate — adjective /rəˈtɪkjələt / (say ruh tikyuhluht) 1. netted; covered with a network. 2. net like. 3. Botany (of leaves, etc.) having the veins or nerves disposed like the threads of a net. –verb (reticulated, reticulating) –verb (t) /rəˈtɪkjəleɪt /… …  

  • reticulate evolution — reticulate evolution. См. сетчатая эволюция. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • reticulate body — re·tic·u·late body ri tik yə lət n a chlamydial cell of a spherical intracellular form that is larger than an elementary body and reproduces by binary fission * * * the noninfectious intracellular form of the Chlamydiales, consisting of fibrillar …   Medical dictionary

  • reticulate vs nonreticulate — interconnected interconnected adj. 1. having internal connections between parts. [Narrower terms: {reticulate (vs. nonreticulate)}] Syn: interrelated. [WordNet 1.5] 2. operating as a unit. Syn: coordinated, unified. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura — an autosomal dominant pigmentary genodermatosis caused by mutations in the KRT5 gene (locus:12q13), which encodes keratin 5, characterized by slightly depressed, hyperpigmented macules arranged in a reticulate pattern on the dorsal extremities,… …   Medical dictionary

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