Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling a net in form; netlike.
- adjective Marked by complexity; intricate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Formed like a net or of network. Hence, by extension.
- Having many similar openings which are large in proportion to the solid parts.
- Like a network; entangled; complicated.
- In anatomy, forming or formed by reticulation; retial; full of interstices; cancellate; areolar; cellular: as. reticular substance, tissue, or membrane, which is the areolar or cellular or ordinary connective tissue. The rete mucosum of the skin is sometimes specifically called the reticular body. See
rete .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a reticulum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective having the
structure of anet or anetwork ;netlike - adjective Of or pertaining to a
reticulum .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling or forming a network
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One of these filters is called the reticular activating system RAS.
Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
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One of these filters is called the reticular activating system RAS.
Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
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The part of the brain that keeps us awake is known as the reticular activating system, or R.A.S., and is found on both sides of the brain.
NYT > Home Page M.D. By LISA SANDERS 2012
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The part of your brain that does this filtering is a fine network of nerves at the base of your brain called the reticular activating system RAS.
The Vision Board Book John Assaraf 2008
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The part of your brain that does this filtering is a fine network of nerves at the base of your brain called the reticular activating system RAS.
The Vision Board Book John Assaraf 2008
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That all-important, life-shaping decision is made moment to moment, all the time, day or night, awake or asleep, by a part of your brain called the reticular activating system RAS.
The Answer John Assaraf 2008
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The part of your brain that does this filtering is a fine network of nerves at the base of your brain called the reticular activating system RAS.
The Vision Board Book John Assaraf 2008
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That all-important, life-shaping decision is made moment to moment, all the time, day or night, awake or asleep, by a part of your brain called the reticular activating system RAS.
The Answer John Assaraf 2008
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Coverning the entire nervous system is a complex system of cells in the brain stem known as the reticular formation.
Achille's Choice Niven, Larry 1991
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It is here, too, that the sensory filter is located, which we have been referring to as the reticular activating system (see p. 193).
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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