| network | | |
| n. (group) | 1. network, web | an interconnected system of things or people.; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth" |
| ~ reticulum | any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels). |
| ~ espionage network | a network of spies. |
| ~ old boy network | an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics).; "professional women have developed an old boy network of their own" |
| ~ support system | a network of facilities and people who interact and remain in informal communication for mutual assistance; a network that enables you to live in a certain style. |
| ~ system, scheme | a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole.; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. network | (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs.; "the networks compete to broadcast important sports events" |
| ~ communication equipment, communication system | facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information. |
| ~ broadcasting | taking part in a radio or tv program. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. mesh, meshing, meshwork, net, network | an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals. |
| ~ backbone | the part of a network that connects other networks together.; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic" |
| ~ chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fences. |
| ~ cloth, fabric, textile, material | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
| ~ netting, veiling, gauze | a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave. |
| ~ hairnet | a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place. |
| ~ reseau | a net or mesh foundation for lace. |
| ~ safety net | a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze. |
| ~ save-all | a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship. |
| ~ snood | an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head. |
| ~ sparker, spark arrester | a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack. |
| ~ tulle | a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns. |
| ~ grillwork, wirework | mesh netting made of wires. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. network | a system of intersecting lines or channels.; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals" |
| ~ reseau | a network of fine lines used by astronomers as a reference for measurements on star photographs. |
| ~ graticule, reticle, reticule | a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument. |
| ~ reticulation | an arrangement resembling a net or network.; "the reticulation of a leaf"; "the reticulation of a photographic emulsion" |
| ~ system | instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity.; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. electronic network, network | (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits. |
| ~ computer network | (computer science) a network of computers. |
| ~ early warning system | a network of radar installations designed to detect enemy missiles or aircraft while there is still time to intercept them. |
| ~ information superhighway, superhighway | an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form. |
| ~ system | instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity.; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer" |
| ~ electronics | the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices. |
| v. (communication) | 6. network | communicate with and within a group.; "You have to network if you want to get a good job" |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| fishing net | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. fishing net, fishnet | a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in. |
| ~ drift net | a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current. |
| ~ gill net | a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills. |
| ~ landing net | a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water. |
| ~ net | a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects. |
| ~ seine | a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom. |
| ~ trammel, trammel net | a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh. |
| ~ trawl net, dragnet, trawl | a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths. |
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