reticulation n 1: (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion 2: an arrangement resembling a net or network; "the reticulation of a leaf"; "the reticulation of a photographic emulsion"
Reticulation \Re*tic`u*la"tion\, n. The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net. [1913 Webster] The particular net you occupy in the great reticulation. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]