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Webster 1913 Edition
Network
Net′workˊ
,Noun.
1.
A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.
2.
Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net;
as, a
network
of veins; a network
of railroads.