mesh

 
Pronunciation: /mɛʃ/

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] material made of a network of wire or thread: mesh for fishing nets [count noun]: finer wire meshes are used for smaller particles
  • the spacing between the individual strands that form mesh: if the mesh is too big, small rabbits can squeeze through
  • [in singular] used with reference to a complex or constricting situation: you are just common people going about your lives caught in the common mesh of history
  • 2an interlaced structure: cell fragments which agglutinate and form intricate meshes
  • Computing a set of finite elements used to represent a geometric object for modelling or analysis.
  • Computing a computer network in which each computer or processor is connected to a number of others, especially so as to form a multidimensional lattice: multiple boards can be arranged in various multiprocessing architectures, including 3-D mesh, ring, or hypercube

verb

  • 1 [no object] (of the teeth of a gearwheel) be engaged with another gearwheel: one gear meshes with the input gear
  • make or become entangled or entwined: [no object]: their fingers meshed [with object]: I don’t want to get meshed in the weeds
  • be in or bring into harmony: [no object]: her memory of events doesn’t mesh with the world around her
  • 2 [with object] Computing represent a geometric object as a set of finite elements: choosing the icon allows you to automatically mesh your design

Phrases

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

Derivatives

meshed

adjective

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