reticulated

Resembling a net

Reticulated means having a net-like pattern of intersecting lines or fibers.

The word appears most often in technical contexts: reticulated python (named for its scale pattern), reticulated foam, reticulated glass.

A reticulated structure has an interconnected network of passages or divisions, like the veins of a leaf or the cells of a sponge.

pattern

giraffe

Tallest land animal

  • pythonNonvenomous squeezing snake
  • meshInterlocking open weave
  • latticeOpenwork of crossed strips

fretwork · tessellated · honeycomb · webbed · crosshatched · gridded · netted · veined · marbled · dappled

structure

network

Interconnected system

grid · matrix · web · trellis · scaffolding · infrastructure · nodes · interconnected · branching · capillary

biology

python

Nonvenomous squeezing snake

  • giraffeTallest land animal
  • leafPlant's photosynthetic organ
  • veinVessel toward heart

membrane · tissue · cellular · organism · species · taxonomy · zoology · herpetology · marking · camouflage

decorative

filigree

Delicate twisted-wire ornamentation

grille · screen · ironwork · metalwork · lacework · carved · etched · embossed · architectural · gothic

Categories
Opposites
surface pattern/structure

reticulatedsolid

Firm matter state

uniform · smooth · plain · unpatterned · homogeneous

structural organization

reticulatedhomogeneous

Alike in composition throughout

uniform · simple · undivided · continuous · amorphous

Family

reticulate, reticulation, reticulating

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