meshwork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of meshwork
Example Sentences
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At the base of protrusions, RhoA triggers non-muscle myosin II to pull on the actin meshwork and haul in the protrusions.
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
The eco-tree, and other urban installations around the city such as the Orquideorama, a wooden meshwork of modular “flower-tree” structures in the botanical gardens, are part of this image rebuild.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2015
Instead of conceiving of ancestry as an ever branching and widening tree-like system as it recedes into the past, it is more accurate, therefore, to regard it in the light of an elaborate meshwork.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.
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