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Network   /nˈɛtwˌərk/   Listen
Network

noun
1.
An interconnected system of things or people.  Synonym: web.  "Retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life" , "Tangled in a web of cloth"
2.
(broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs.
3.
An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals.  Synonyms: mesh, meshing, meshwork, net.
4.
A system of intersecting lines or channels.  "A network of canals"
5.
(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits.  Synonym: electronic network.
verb
1.
Communicate with and within a group.



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"Network" Quotes from Famous Books



... pretty sharply; but not so the little sheep-dog. She never even growled when, after feeding till he could feed no more, the insolent grey whelp would pound and paw at her soft dugs, and tug at them with his sharp teeth in sheer wantonness, till they were a network of red scars and scratches. The most the gentle, plebeian little mother would do would be to lie flat, after a while, to protect her dugs—and that for the puppy's own sake—a movement which always brought Finn galumphing over her shoulder to bite her ears and paw her nose, and otherwise ...
— Finn The Wolfhound • A. J. Dawson
... is the front view, showing the tubes with their respective scales; the bulb b being covered with the network of cotton communicating with the reservoir c fig. 18, ...
— The History and Practice of the Art of Photography • Henry H. Snelling
... Our vast network of highways, which account for 90 percent of travel and 80 percent by value of freight traffic goods movement, is deteriorating. If current trends continue, a major proportion of the Interstate pavement will have deteriorated by ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... burro, soon became fast friends. Few burros lead as happy a life as being the constant playmate of a merry child. Bepo seemed to appreciate this fact and loved Mary accordingly. Many a prospecting trip did they take on their own account over the network of trails leading from camp to the numerous shafts ...
— Little Tales of The Desert • Ethel Twycross Foster
... very much disorganised. Quite a number of people who had been expecting friends from places on the South-Western network were standing about the station. One grey-headed old gentleman came and abused the South-Western Company bitterly to my brother. "It ...
— The War of the Worlds • H. G. Wells


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