mesh
pronunciation
How to pronounce mesh in British English:
UK [meʃ]
How to pronounce mesh in American English:
US [mɛʃ]
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- Noun:
- the number of opening per inch of a screen; measures size of particles
- contact by fitting together
- the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- the act of interlocking or meshing
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- Verb:
- keep engaged
- coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively
- work together in harmony
- entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh
Word Origin
- mesh (n.)
- late 14c., mesche, "open space in a net," probably from late Old English max "net," earlier mæscre, from Proto-Germanic *mask- (cognates: Old Norse möskvi, Danish maske, Swedish maska, Old Saxon masca, Middle Dutch maessce, Dutch maas "mesh," Old High German masca, German Masche "mesh"), from PIE root *mezg- "to knit, plait, twist" (cognates: Lithuanian mezgu "to knit," mazgas "knot").
- mesh (v.)
- 1530s, originally in the figurative sense of "entangle, involve," from mesh (n.). Literal sense "to become enmeshed" is from 1580s. Meaning "to fit in, combine" is from 1944. Related: Meshed; meshing.
Example
- 1. Nickel - and copper-coated polyester mesh is a good starting point .
- 2. The surgeon may choose to use a small piece of surgical mesh to repair the defect or hole .
- 3. Basically it proposes a riverbed mesh that is extended and infiltrates through the entire downtown , as if it were a living organism .
- 4. They have widened the mesh on their nets and provided escape hatches for fish , around which hungry seals are said to loiter .
- 5. But he warned that while their long-term interests might mesh , there was still a fundamental mismatch between american and chinese demands .