reticulation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
noun an arrangement resembling a net or network

By surface analysis, reticule + -ation, or, by surface analysis, reticulate + -ion.

Its abdomen is unusually short, and the reticulations of the wings are large and simple. — Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses, A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
As consequent from store of summer rains, Or wayward rivulets in autumn flowing, Or many a herb-lined brook’s reticulations, Or subterranean sea-rills making for the sea, Songs of continued years I sing. — Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman

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