The arrangement or formation of small distinct spaces or areas; the pattern or system of areolae.
From 'areolate' plus '-ion' (forming nouns of action/state). Used in botany and entomology to describe the specific patterns of division in structures.
Entomologists use 'wing areolation' to classify and identify insects—the unique pattern of tiny spaces in an insect's wings is as distinctive as a fingerprint!
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