mesh
noun
[ mɛʃ ]
• material made of a network of wire or thread.
• "mesh for fishing nets"
Similar:
netting,
net,
network,
tracery,
reticulation,
web,
webbing,
lattice,
latticework,
lacework,
openwork,
tatting,
filigree,
trellis,
screen,
plexus,
tangle,
mat,
• an interlaced structure.
• "cell fragments which agglutinate and form intricate meshes"
mesh
verb
• (of the teeth of a gearwheel) be engaged with another gearwheel.
• "one gear meshes with the input gear"
• represent a geometric object as a set of finite elements.
• "choosing the icon allows you to automatically mesh your design"
Origin:
late Middle English: probably from an unrecorded Old English word related to (and perhaps reinforced in Middle English by) Middle Dutch maesche, of Germanic origin.
in mesh
• (of the teeth of gearwheels) engaged.
• "the pitch point is the point of contact between the pitch circles of two gears in mesh"
