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meshwork

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[mesh-wurk] / ˈmɛʃˌwɜrk /

noun

  1. meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.


Etymology

Origin of meshwork

First recorded in 1820–30; mesh + work


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At the front tip of the cell, RhoA grows the cell skeleton, called the actin meshwork, outward, forming protrusions that grip the surface.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023

Examined under a microscope, the tiny sections of rock Turner uncovered contain a meshwork of three-dimensional structures — branching out in a distinctive way and rejoining — that closely resembles modern sponge skeletons.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2021

Could it be that the best description of how nature works is, in fact, a harmonic meshwork of life?

From Salon ● May 30, 2021

A grid map places an abstract geometric meshwork upon a space, a meshwork within which any item or individual can be coordinated.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 22, 2018

The individual strands of this meshwork are more than two times as large at advanced age as at birth, consequently the alveoli of the meshwork becomes markedly reduced in size.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Willis O. Nance

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