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noun
any of various kinds of net fabric: fish netting; mosquito netting.
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noun
1.
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals: a butterfly net.
2.
a piece of meshed fabric designed to serve a specific purpose, as to divide a court in racket games or protect against insects: a tennis net; a mosquito net.
3.
anything serving to catch or ensnare: a police net to trap the bank robber.
4.
a lacelike fabric with a uniform mesh of cotton, silk, rayon, nylon, etc., often forming the foundation of any of various laces.
5.
EXPAND(in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball that hits the net.
6.
Often, nets. the goal in hockey or lacrosse.
7.
any network or reticulated system of filaments, lines, veins, or the like.
8.
any network containing computers and telecommunications equipment.
9.
the Net, the Internet.
10.
Mathematics. the abstraction, in topology, of a sequence; a map from a directed set to a given space.
11.
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Reticulum.
12.
COLLAPSEInformal. a radio or television network.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English net (noun), netten (v.), Old English net(t) (noun); cognate with Dutch, Old Norse net, Gothic nati, German Netz
before 900; Middle English net (noun), netten (v.), Old English net(t) (noun); cognate with Dutch, Old Norse net, Gothic nati, German Netz
Related forms
net·ta·ble, adjective
net·like, adjective
Synonyms
15. seize, capture, trap.
15. seize, capture, trap.
adjective
1.
remaining after deductions, as for charges or expenses (opposed to gross): net earnings.
2.
sold at a stated price with all parts and charges included and with all deductions having been made.
3.
final; totally conclusive: After all that work, what was the net result?
4.
(of weight) after deduction of tare, tret, or both.
noun
5.
net income, profit, or the like.
verb (used with object)
6.
to gain or produce as clear profit.
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Word Origin & History
net
"remaining after deductions," 1520, from earlier sense of "trim, elegant, clean, neat" (c.1300), from O.Fr. net "clean, pure, bright" (from the same source as neat, q.v.), meaning infl. by It. netto "remaining after deductions." The verb in the sense of "to gain as a net sum" is first recorded 1758.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
net definition
What remains after all deductions have been made. (Compare gross.)
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netting
in textiles, ancient method of constructing open fabrics by the crossing of cords, threads, yarns, or ropes so that their intersections are knotted or looped, forming a geometrically shaped mesh, or open space. Modern net fabrics are produced not only by the netting method but also by weaving, knitting, and crocheting and are usually machine-made. The meshes vary greatly in shape and size, and weights range from fine to coarse. Tulle is an extremely fine, soft net with hexagonal-shaped meshes, and bobbinet also has hexagonal meshes. Nets having square corners, with knots in each of the corners, are frequently used in fishing and are popular for curtains.
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