mesh

Meanings

Noun

• A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
• The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.
• The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
• A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.
• A polygon mesh.

Verb

• To connect together by interlocking, as gears do.
• To fit in; to come together harmoniously.
• To catch in a mesh.

Related

Similar words

• lattice, network, net

Origin

• From Middle English mesche, from Old English masc ("net") (perhaps influenced in form by related Old English mæscre ("mesh, spot")) both from Proto-Germanic *maskrǭ, *maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *mezg- ("to knit, twist, plait"). Akin to Old High German māsca ("mesh"), Old Saxon maska ("net"), Old Norse mǫskvi, mǫskun.