reticulation

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He says that desalinated water probably costs two or three times more than if you had to build a damn and reticulation system, but it would have cost more a few years ago.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2010

While the terminations of the placental arteries and veins are spread in fine reticulation on the sides of these cells.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Skeleton dense, forming a close reticulation; radiating fibres slender but quite distinct, running up right through the sponge, crossed at frequent intervals by single spicules or groups of spicules.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

We discard the common alum which we found liable to produce a slight reticulation.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.

Mrs. Tree was over ninety, but apart from an amazing reticulation of wrinkles, netted fine and close as a brown veil, she showed little sign of her great age.

From Mrs. Tree by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe