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MESHWORK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
Synonyms:
mesh; meshing; meshwork; net; network
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("meshwork" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Meronyms (parts of "meshwork"):
backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meshwork"):
chicken wire (a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fences)
gauze; netting; veiling (a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave)
hairnet (a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place)
reseau (a net or mesh foundation for lace)
safety net (a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze)
save-all (a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship)
snood (an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head)
spark arrester; sparker (a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack)
tulle (a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns)
grillwork; wirework (mesh netting made of wires)
Context examples:
Bimatoprost mimics the effects of the endogenous prostamides and reduces intraocular pressure by increasing outflow of aqueous humor through both the pressure-sensitive outflow pathway (the trabecular meshwork), and the pressure-insensitive outflow pathway (the uveoscleral routes).
(Bimatoprost, NCI Thesaurus)
The nuclear lamina is a proteinaceous filamentous meshwork of lamin proteins interacting with integral proteins of the inner nuclear membrane, including emerin, and is thought to play a role in nuclear stability, chromatin structure, and gene expression.
(Nuclear Lamina, NCI Thesaurus)
