Associations to the word «Rete»

Wiktionary

RETE, noun. (anatomy) A network of blood vessels or nerves.
RETE, noun. An anatomical part resembling or including a network.
RETE ALGORITHM, noun. A pattern-matching algorithm for implementing production rule systems, used to determine which of the system's rules should fire based on its data store.
RETE MIRABILE, noun. A complex of blood vessels found in some vertebrates that preserves a gradient of a certain solute or particle.
RETE MIRABILES, noun. (nonstandard) plural of rete mirabile
RETE MIRABILI, noun. (nonstandard) plural of rete mirabile
RETE MIRABILIS, noun. Misspelling of rete mirabile.
RETE TESTIS, noun. (anatomy) A hilar testicular network that collects produced sperm from the seminiferous tubules, and connects with the efferent ducts.

Dictionary definition

RETE, noun. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.

Wise words

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