reticular
Adjective: 1. Having a net-like pattern or structure; resembling a network: Describes something that is arranged in or looks like a web, mesh, or interconnected system of lines. 2. (In anatomy and biology) Relating to or being a network of fibers, cells, or vessels: Specifically refers to a structure composed of interconnected parts, such as nerve fibers or blood vessels.
General Use:
- The artist created a beautiful pattern with a reticular design of intersecting gold lines.
- Under the microscope, the leaf showed a complex reticular system of veins.
Scientific/Biological Use:
- The reticular formation in the brainstem is involved in regulating consciousness and sleep cycles.
- The tissue had a reticular structure, allowing for efficient nutrient transport.
- "Reticular activating system (RAS)": A specific network of nerve pathways in the brainstem involved in regulating wakefulness and attention.
- Damage to the reticular activating system can lead to disorders of consciousness.
- Reticulate (verb): To form or be arranged in a net-like pattern.
- The rivers reticulate across the floodplain.
- Reticulated (adjective): Another form meaning "net-like" or "covered with a network."
- The reticulated python gets its name from its complex, net-like skin pattern.
- Reticulum (noun): A fine network or structure, especially in anatomy (e.g., the endoplasmic reticulum in a cell).
- Net-like
- Meshed
- Webbed
- Networked
- Latticed
- Solid
- Unbroken
- Continuous
- Uniform
(Note: "Reticular" is a technical/scientific adjective and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. Its related forms may appear in fixed scientific terms.) - Reticular tissue: A type of connective tissue with a network of fibers. - Reticular fibers: The thin, branching fibers that form the supportive network in certain tissues.
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resembling or forming a network
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the reticulate veins of a leaf
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a reticulated highway system
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