reticulation

noun

• 1 [mass noun] a pattern or arrangement of interlacing lines resembling a net:the fish should have a blue back with white reticulation
• Photography the formation of a network of wrinkles or cracks in a photographic emulsion: we use long exposures and high temperatures to create print reticulation

• 2chiefly Australian/NZ a network of pipes used in irrigation and water supply: [as modifier]:six kilometres of reticulation mains