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noun, plural re·seaux 
[-zohz, -zoh] , re·seaus.
[-zohz, -zoh] , re·seaus. 1.
a network.
2.
a netted or meshed ground in lace.
3.
Astronomy. a network of fine lines on a glass plate, used in a photographic telescope to produce a corresponding network on photographs of the stars.
4.
Meteorology. a system of weather stations under the direction of a single agency or cooperating for common goals.
5.
Photography. a screen having minute colored filters, used in some forms of color photography.
Also, ré·seau.
Origin:
1570–80; < French réseau, Old French resel, diminutive of rais net < Vulgar Latin *rētis (singular) or *rētēs (plural), for Latin rēte
1570–80; < French réseau, Old French resel, diminutive of rais net < Vulgar Latin *rētis (singular) or *rētēs (plural), for Latin rēte
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Reseau
is always a great word to know.
So is crescent. Does it mean:
| the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends |
| the fainter of the two stars that constitute a double or binary star |
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| —n , pl -seaux, -seaus | |
| 1. | a mesh background to a lace or other pattern |
| 2. | astronomy a network of fine lines cut into a glass plate used as a reference grid on star photographs |
| 3. | photog a screen covered in a regular pattern of minute coloured dots or lines, formerly used in colour photography |
| [C19: from French, from Old French resel a little net, from rais net, from Latin rēte] | |
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