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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (5)
1. an interconnected system of things or people;
- Example: "he owned a network of shops"
- Example: "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"
- Example: "tangled in a web of cloth"
[syn: network, web]
2. (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs;
- Example: "the networks compete to broadcast important sports events"
3. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals;
[syn: net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork]
4. a system of intersecting lines or channels;
- Example: "a railroad network"
- Example: "a network of canals"
5. (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits;
[syn: network, electronic network]
VERB (1)
1. communicate with and within a group;
- Example: "You have to network if you want to get a good job"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
network \net"work`\, v. i. To take steps to make and cultivate the acquaintance of people who can be helpful to oneself, especially in finding new employment, advancing to a higher position in one's occupation, or exchanging information. [PJC]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
network \net"work`\, v. t. To connect together into a network; as, to network computers; to network the printer with computers. [PJC]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Network \Net"work`\, n. 1. A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them. [1913 Webster] 2. Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence: (Computers) A system of computers linked together by communications channels allowing the exchange of data between the linked computers. [PJC] 4. (Radio, Television) A group of transmitting stations connected by communications channels that permit the same program to be broadcast simultaneously from multiple stations over a very wide area; as, the CBS television network; also, the organization that controls the programming that is broadcast over such a network. Contrasted with a local station or local transmitter. [PJC] 5. (Electricity, Electronics) Any arrangement of electrical devices or elements connected together by conducting wires; as, a power transmission network. [PJC] 6. A group of buildings connected by means of transportation and communication between them, and controlled by a central organization for a common purpose; as, a book distribution network. [PJC]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "network": arabesque, arrangement, basketry, basketwork, cancellation, circuit, coast-to-coast hookup, complex, cross-hatching, crossing-out, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, hookup, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, jungle, labyrinth, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, maze, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting, organization, plexure, plexus, raddle, radio links, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, structure, system, tangle, texture, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork
