English

Noun

1. a network of blood vessels or nerves
2. an anatomical part resembling or including a network

Guaraní

Noun

1. body

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology

Noun

1. net
2. network
3. goal

Related terms

• retare
• retata
• reticella
• reticolo

Latin

Noun

1. net
2. (fig.) a trap

Derived terms

• retiarius - a net-wielding gladiator

• Rete, a net used by a gladiator known as a retiarius in ancient Rome

• La Rete ('The Net'), the common name given to Movimento per la Democrazia (Movement for Democracy), an Italian political party
• Rete A (also known as All Music), an Italian free-to-air television station
• Rete 4, an Italian television station belonging to the Mediaset network
• Rete algorithm, an efficient pattern matching algorithm for implementing production rule systems
• Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), an Italian company, owner of Italy's railway network
• Rete mirabilia, the blood reservoir often associated with countercurrent heat exchange in deep diving marine organisms
• Part of an Astrolabe (navigational instrument)

Anatomy

• Rete mirabile, a complex of arteries and veins lying very close to each other
• Rete testis, an anastomosing network of delicate tubules located in the hilum of the testicle
• Rete ovariumis, the corresponding rete in females, as seen in e.g. the sex organ of cat
• Rete tubular ectasia, a benign condition, involving numerous small tubular cystic structures within the rete testis