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reseau
or ré·seau
[ rey-zoh, ruh- ]
noun
, plural re·seaux [rey-, zohz, -, zoh, r, uh, -], re·seaus.
- a network.
- a netted or meshed ground in lace.
- 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.
- Meteorology. a system of weather stations under the direction of a single agency or cooperating for common goals.
- Photography. a screen having minute colored filters, used in some forms of color photography.
reseau
/ ˈrɛzəʊ /
noun
- a mesh background to a lace or other pattern
- astronomy a network of fine lines cut into a glass plate used as a reference grid on star photographs
- photog a screen covered in a regular pattern of minute coloured dots or lines, formerly used in colour photography
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reseau1
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of reseau1
C19: from French, from Old French resel a little net, from rais net, from Latin rēte
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