a reticulate arrangement, formation, or pattern; network
Word origin
ML reticulatio
reticulation in American English
(rɪˌtɪkjəˈleiʃən)
noun
a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network
Word origin
[1665–75; reticulate + -ion]This word is first recorded in the period 1665–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: recessive, setback, suite, wader, wig-ion is a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, usedin Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion)