different between reticulate vs anabranching

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin r?ticul?tus (“reticulated, net-like”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?t
• Rhymes: -?kj?le?t

Adjective

reticulate (comparative more reticulate, superlative most reticulate)

1. Network-like in form or appearance.

Synonyms

• reticular

Coordinate terms

• reticuloid

Derived terms

• infrareticulate

Translations

Verb

reticulate (third-person singular simple present reticulates, present participle reticulating, simple past and past participle reticulated)

1. (transitive) To distribute or move via a network.
2. (transitive) To divide into or form a network.
3. (intransitive) To create a network.

Derived terms

• reticulation
• reticulative

Related terms

• reticle
• reticule

Latin

Adjective

r?ticul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of r?ticul?tus

English

Etymology

From ana- +? branching.

Adjective

anabranching (not comparable)

1. (hydrology, of a water channel) Splitting around mid-channel islands that are roughly three times the width of the channel at full discharge.
   • 2008 January 18, Robert C. Walter and Dorothy J. Merritts, "Natural Streams and the Legacy of Water-Powered Mills"^[2], Science 319(5861), page 299:

   In particular, logjams blocked channels and led to the formation of side channels and floodplain sloughs, producing multiple anabranching channels and riverine wetlands that are in stark contrast to the large, single channels that exist in these streams today.

Coordinate terms

• anastomosing
• braided
• distributary
• meandering
• reticulate
• straight