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   mesh

   /mɛʃ/

   noun

   • 1. material made of a network of wire or thread: "mesh for fishing nets" Similar nettingnetnetworktraceryreticulationwebwebbinglatticelatticeworklaceworkopenworktattingfiligreetrellisscreenplexustanglemat
   • ▪ a type of netting of plastic or organic material that may be implanted to support various tissues or organs: "the mesh was implanted at the site of the fistula"
   • ▪ the spacing between the individual strands that form mesh: "if the mesh is too big, small rabbits can squeeze through" Similar nettingnetnetworktraceryreticulationwebwebbinglatticelatticeworklaceworkopenworktattingfiligreetrellisscreenplexustanglemat
   • ▪ used with reference to a complex or constricting situation: "you are just common people going about your lives caught in the common mesh of history" Similar entanglementnettanglewebsnaretrap
   • 2. an interlaced structure: "cell fragments which agglutinate and form intricate meshes"
   • ▪ a representation of a given shape or form, consisting of an arrangement of a finite set of geometric components.
   • ▪ a computer network in which each computer or processor is connected to a number of others, especially so as to form a multidimensional lattice: "multiple boards can be arranged in various multiprocessing architectures, including 3-D mesh, ring, or hypercube"

   verb

   • 1. (of the teeth of a gearwheel) be engaged with another gearwheel: "one gear meshes with the input gear" Similar engagebe engagedmateconnectlockinterlock
   • ▪ make or become entangled or entwined: "their fingers meshed" Similar entangleenmeshensnaresnarenettrapentrapcatch
   • ▪ be in or bring into harmony: "her memory of events doesn't mesh with the world around her" Similar harmonizefit togethergo togethercoordinatematchbe on the same wavelengthdovetail
   • 2. represent a geometric object as a set of finite elements: "choosing the icon allows you to automatically mesh your design"

   Word Origin late Middle English: probably from an unrecorded Old English word related to (and perhaps reinforced in Middle English by) Middle Dutch maesche, of Germanic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. meshlike adjective
   • 2. meshy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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