mesh

plural meshes

1. A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.

   a golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men

   c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]

2. The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.

   Synonyms: lattice, network, net, netting

3. The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
4. 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.
5. computer graphicsA polygon mesh.
6. businessIn mesh analysis: a loop in an electric circuit (to which Kirchhoff's voltage law can be applied).
7. computingA network topology with each device connected to multiple other devices in lieu of a central switch. Redundancy on a mesh network prevents single points of failure.

present singular third person meshes · participle present meshing · participle past meshed · past meshed

1. ambitransitiveTo connect together by interlocking, as gears do.
2. broadlyfigurativelyintransitiveTo fit in; to come together harmoniously.

   The music meshed well with the visuals in that film.

   1 more example

   The headliners — Weezer and Dinosaur Jr. — were alt rock acts that had turned the sound of disconnection into an audience almost two decades ago. Exactly how that was going to mesh with blue skies and umbrella drinks wasn’t clear to me.

   2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times

3. transitiveTo catch in a mesh.

   I know how loue doth rage vpon a yelding minde: How smal a net may take and meash a hart of gentle kinde

   a. 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Description of the fickle affections, pangs, and slights of love