network
/ˈnɛt.wɝk/ noun B1- Any interconnected group or system. · A network of roads crisscrossed the country.· The many species that live in the forest canopy constitute a network of life via their complex interactions.
- A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections. · To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.
- A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
- A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information. · The copy machine is connected to the network so it can now serve as a printer.
- A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
Plural networks
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The morning’s sun rose clear and resplendent, touching the foamy waves into a network of ruby-tinted light.
Aldgate is a junction, and there was a network of points.
Her eyes dwelt affectionately on Green Gables, peering through its network of trees and reflecting the sunlight back from its windows in several little coruscations of glory.
Here there was nothing of this; Anne knew that outside of her window was a hard street, with a network of telephone wires shutting out the sky, the tramp of alien feet, and a thousand lights gleaming on stranger faces.
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