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mesh

  [mesh]
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–noun
1. any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
2. an interwoven or intertwined structure; network.
3. any arrangement of interlocking metal links or wires with evenly spaced, uniform small openings between, as used in jewelry or sieves.
4. one of the open spaces between the cords or ropes of a net.
5. meshes,
a. the threads that bind such spaces.
b. the means of catching or holding fast: to be caught in the meshes of the law.
6. Machinery. the engagement of gear teeth.
7. Electricity. a set of branches that forms a closed path in a network so that removal of a branch results in an open path.
8. Metallurgy. a designation of a given fineness of powder used in powder metallurgy in terms of the number of the finest screen through which almost all the particles will pass: This powder is 200 mesh.
–verb (used with object)
9. to catch or entangle in or as if in a net; enmesh.
10. to form with meshes, as a net.
11. Machinery. to engage, as gear teeth.
12. to cause to match, coordinate, or interlock: They tried to mesh their vacation plans.
–verb (used without object)
13. to become enmeshed.
14. Machinery. to become or be engaged, as the teeth of one gear with those of another.
15. to match, coordinate, or interlock: The two versions of the story don't mesh.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME mesch, appar. continuing OE masc, max; akin to OHG māsca, MD maesche

Synonyms:
2. web, netting, grill, screen, grid.
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mesh   (měsh)   
n.  

    1. Any of the open spaces in a net or network; an interstice.

    2. The cords, threads, or wires surrounding these spaces. Often used in the plural.

    3. The engagement of gear teeth.

    4. The state of being so engaged: gear teeth in mesh.

  2. An openwork fabric or structure; a net or network: a screen made of wire mesh.

  3. Something that snares or entraps. Often used in the plural: "Arabia had become entangled in the meshes of . . . politics" (W. Montgomery Watt).

    1. The engagement of gear teeth.

    2. The state of being so engaged: gear teeth in mesh.

v.   meshed, mesh·ing, mesh·es

v.   tr.

  1. To catch in or as if in a net; ensnare.

  2. To cause (gear teeth) to become engaged.

  3. To cause to work closely together; coordinate.

v.   intr.

  1. To become entangled.

  2. To become engaged or interlocked: gears that are not meshing properly.

    1. To fit together effectively; be coordinated.

    2. To accord with another or each other; harmonize.


[Middle English mesch, probably from Middle Dutch maesche.]
mesh'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
mesh

  1. n.
    a crosshatch or octothorpe, #. (See also pigpen.) : What does the mesh stand for in this equation?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

mesh  (n.)
1540, "open space in a net," perhaps from some dial. survival of O.E. max "net," or from its cognates, M.Du. maessce, Du. maas, from P.Gmc. *mask- (cf. O.N. möskvi, Dan. maske, Swed. maska, O.H.G. masca, Ger. masche "mesh"), from PIE base *mezg- "to knit, plait, twist" (cf. Lith. mezgu "to knit," mazgas "knot"). The verb is first recorded 1532, in the fig. sense of "to entangle."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mesh
Pronunciation: 'mesh
Function: noun
: a flexible netting of fine wire used in surgery especially in the repair of large hernias and otherbody defects
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

mesh character
The INTERCAL name for hash.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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