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Definition: Rete |
ReteNoun1. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Rete \Re"te\, noun. [Latin expression, net.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Rete" is a common misspelling or typo for: rate, rut, rutted. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
RETE | English | Research for Electrodynamic Tether Effects | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: ReteSynonym: plexus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Rete |
| English words defined with "rete": rete Malpighii, rete testis ♦ vasa efferentia. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rete": LogC ♦ Seminiferous Tubules. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "rete": Retecious, Retepore, Retiarius, Reticulum, retina, Retinerved, Retitelae. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Rete" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Haitian Creole (stay), Italian (drag, goal, grid, net, netting, network, ring, snare, system, trap), Latin (net, retina, snare). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Una Rete piena di sabbia (1966) | |
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Pathognomonic findings seen here include acanthosis, broadening and elongation of the rete ridges, intracellular and intercellular edema of the rete cells, and migration of the inflammatory cells through the epidermis; H&E stain; magnification 40X.Credit: CDC. | This mature, 20 mos. old pinta lesion shows signs of hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, acanthosis, elongation of Rete Pegs and an inflammatory infiltrate in the dermis. The genus Treponema, contains the species pallidum, the cause of syphilis.Credit: CDC. | ||
Note the contrast between normal skin cytoarchitecture, and the beginning acanthosis (increased thickness of the stratum spinosum) with elongation of rete pegs; magnified 100X.Credit: CDC. | |||
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Health | The dermal-epidermal junction loses its rete ridges forming a flattened interface between the epidermis and dermis. (references) | |
This kind of abutment is more susceptible to shearing forces than the normal interlocked system of epidermal rete ridges and dermal papillae. (references) | ||
The lesion is generally diagnosed using histologic criteria of architectural disorder with asymmetry, subepidermal fibroplasia (concentric eosinophilic and/or lamellar), and lentiginous melanocytic hyperplasia with spindle or epithelioid melanocytes aggregating in nests of variable size and fusing with adjacent rete ridges to form bridges. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Rete" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 76.47% of the time. "Rete" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 76.47% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (singular) | 23.53% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "rete": rete Malpighii ♦ rete testis. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
rete | 46 | rete servizi | 3 |
impianti di rete | 16 | in italiane rete testate | 3 |
algorithm rete | 12 | cavi di rete | 3 |
giochi in rete | 9 | di rete sistemi | 3 |
it rete | 8 | cavo di rete | 3 |
fotocopiatrici in rete | 8 | antigrandine rete | 3 |
calze rete | 7 | cavo rete | 2 |
4 rete | 7 | letto metallica rete | 2 |
aziende computer di domini internet rete servizi | 6 | rete servizi sicurezza | 2 |
di rete schede | 6 | doghe letto rete | 2 |
music rete | 4 | corsi di rete | 2 |
lan rete | 4 | algoritmo rete | 2 |
2 computer di rete | 3 | aziende computer di internet rete servizi | 2 |
rete sicurezza | 3 | network rete | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ou gar adikwV ekteinetai diktua pterwtoiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Frustra autem iacitur rete ante oculos pinnatorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | In vein forsothe is throwen a net befor the eyen of the fethered. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird: |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Kay sa kawang lamang ang pukot nga giladlad Diha sa atubangan sa bisan unsang langgam: |
| Croatian | Jer uzalud je razapinjati mrežu pred oèima svima pticama. |
| Danish | Thi det er unyttigt at udspænde Garnet for alle Fugles Øjne; |
| Dutch | Zekerlijk, het net wordt tevergeefs gespreid voor de ogen van allerlei gevogelte; |
| Finnish | Sillä verkko on viritetty kaikille siivekkäille, niin että ne sen näkevät. - Mutta turhaan: |
| French | Mais en vain jette-t-on le filet Devant les yeux de tout ce qui a des ailes; |
| German | Denn es ist vergeblich, das Netz auswerfen vor den Augen der Vögel. |
| Haitian Creole | Kisa ou konprann ou fè lè ou kite zwezo wè ou ap tann pèlen pou li? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sedangkan burung pun tidak akan masuk ke dalam jaring yang dibentangkan di depan matanya, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwasanya cuma-cuma dibentangkan jaring di hadapan mata segala unggas. |
| Italian | Invano si tende la rete sotto gli occhi degli uccelli. |
| Maori | He maumau hoki te hora o te kupenga ki te tirohanga a tetahi manu. |
| Norwegian | til ingen nytte blir garnet utspent så alle fuglene ser det; |
| Portuguese | Pois debalde se estende a rede à vista de qualquer ave. |
| Rumanian | Dar degeaba se aruncq layul knaintea ochilor tuturor pqsqrilor; |
| Russian | ч ЗМБЪБИ ЧУЕИ РФЙГ ОБРТБУОП ТБУУФБЧМСЕФУС УЕФШ, |
| Spanish | Ciertamente en vano se tiende la red ante los ojos de toda ave. |
| Swedish | Ty väl är det fåfängt, då man vill fånga fåglar, att breda ut nätet i hela flockens åsyn. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rete": reteach, reteaches, reteaching, reteam, reteamed, reteaming, reteams, retear, retearing, retears, retell, retelling, retellings, retells, retem, retemper, retempered, retempering, retempers, retems, retene, retenes, retention, retentions, retentive, retentively, retentiveness, retentivenesses, retentivities, retentivity, retest, retested, retesting, retests, retexture, retextured, retextures, retexturing. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "rete": accrete, arete, concrete, discrete, excrete, ferroconcrete, secrete, terete. (additional references) | |
Words containing "rete": accreted, accretes, aretes, carbureted, concreted, concretely, concreteness, concretenesses, concretes, contretemps, discretely, discreteness, discretenesses, excreted, excreter, excreters, excretes, ferreted, ferreter, ferreters, ferroconcretes, foretell, foreteller, foretellers, foretelling, foretells, interpreted, interpreter, interpreters, misinterpreted, photointerpreter, photointerpreters, pretechnological, preteen, preteens, pretelevision, pretence, pretences, pretend, pretended, pretendedly, pretender, pretenders, pretending, pretends, pretense, pretenses, pretension, pretensioned, pretensioning, pretensionless. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "rete" (pronounced 'Re"te'): Achiote, Aguardiente, Andante, Aphrodite, Astarte, Atte, Bleynte, Borachte, Breste, Brillante, Cete, Chicalote, Chierte, Cognoscente, Concertante, Durante, Freelte, Frelte, Lentamente, Lette, machete, Mecate, Mercatante, metate, Mordente, Niste, Pococurante, Prighte, Rafte, Semidiapente, Soavemente, Stacte, Sterte, Stirte, Swatte, Venite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tree. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-r-t" | |
-1 letter: ere, ree, ret, tee. | |
-2 letters: er, et, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-r-t" | |
+1 letter: arete, beret, deter, eater, egret, enter, erect, ester, ether, evert, exert, greet, meter, metre, peter, reest, relet, remet, rente, reset, retem, retie, revet, rewet, steer, stere, terce, terne, terse, there, three, treed, treen, trees. | |
+2 letters: aerate, aether, afreet, aretes, beater, befret, belter, berate, bereft, berets, better, brevet, center, centre, cerate, cerite, cermet, certes, create, defter, derate, desert, deters, dexter, dieter, easter, eaters, eatery, ecarte, egrets, either, elater, emoter, entera, enters, entire, entree, erects, ergate, esters, etcher, eterne, ethers, everts, exerts, expert, exsert, extern, feater, ferret, fester, fetter, freest, gerent, getter, greets, heater, hefter, hereat, hereto, hetero, jester, kelter, lefter, letter, meeter, melter, merest, meteor, meters, metier, metred, metres, neater, nester, nether, netter, neuter, pelter, perter, pester, peters, petrel, petter, pewter, preset, rebate, recent, recept, recite, redate, reedit, reemit, reests, refect, refelt, reflet, refute, regent, reglet, regret, reheat, reject, relate, relent, relets, remate, remeet, remelt, remote, renest, rennet, rented, renter, rentes, repeat, repent, repute, reseat, resect, resent, resets, resite, rested, rester, retake, retape, reteam, retear, retell, retems, retene, retest, retied, reties, retile, retime, retine, retire, retore, retted, retune, retuse, retype, revert, revest, revets, revote, rewets, seater, secret, serest, setter, steers, stereo, steres, streek, streel, street, teared, tearer, teaser, tedder, teemer, teener, teeter, telfer, teller, temper, tender, tenner, tenrec, tenser, tenter, tenure, tercel, terces, tercet, teredo, terete, termed, termer, ternes, terrae, terret, terser, tester, tether, tetter, theres, therme, threep, threes, tierce, tiered, treble, treens, trevet, triene, tureen, tuyere, ureter, venter, verite, verset, verste, vertex, vervet, vetoer, welter, wester, wether, wetter, yester, zester. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 74 65 |
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