Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
reticulate , a. - In ceramics, perforated: noting a style of decoration in which the outer wall of a vase, cup, or other vessel is honeycombed or pierced in patterns, while the inner wall is solid and forms the vessel proper. It originated with the Chinese potters and was later imitated at some of the European potteries, particularly at Worcester, Berlin, Vienna, and Sèvres.
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- adjective Characterized by or having the form of a
grid ornetwork .
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Examples
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The word reticulated means "resembling a grid or network."
Taxon of the week 2006
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The word reticulated means "resembling a grid or network."
Archive 2006-07-01 2006
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Terrestrial reptiles and amphibians include two species of python, namely reticulated python Python reticulatus and Indian python P. molurus (LR) as well as two crocodiles, false gharial Tomistoma schlegelii (DD) and estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus, and numerous frogs and toads.
Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009
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This plate is 6 1/8 in diameter and has what I believe is called a reticulated edge.
eBay Search: (Error) 2010
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As far as snakes, that of course includes non-venomous large snakes such as reticulated pythons.
chsturtle Diary Entry chsturtle 2005
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Its tympanum is filled with a kind of reticulated ornament made up of small lozenges or meshes.
A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 Georges Perrot 1873
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The French writer Plumier [3] also mentions an ingenious modification of the lathe by means of which any kind of reticulated form could be given to the work; and, from it's being employed to ornament the handles of knives, it was called by him the "Machine a manche de Couteau d'Angleterre."
Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Samuel Smiles 1858
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The name comes from a microscopic staining technique by which they were first characterized, in which parts of the ribosomes collect in a "reticulated" pattern.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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This second glass resembles the former in more than one quality; but it is some - what more heavv, and uiiat I siiouldcall reticulated, as it contains small eyes, or spots, which give it 'i "c appeiirance of a net.
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PLUMIER, L'Art de Tourner, Paris, 1754, p. 155. ...] also mentions an ingenious modification of the lathe by means of which any kind of reticulated form could be given to the work; and, from it's being employed to ornament the handles of knives, it was called by him the "Machine a manche de Couteau d'Angleterre."
Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863
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