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verkko — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fabric noun Cloth made by weaving or knitting fibres together.
  • fishnet noun A net used for catching fish.
  • graph noun A diagram showing the relationship between sets of numbers or quantities, often using lines, bars, or points.
  • grid noun A pattern of evenly spaced lines crossing to form squares, such as on graph paper or a map.
  • mains noun The main electrical power supply connected to the public grid.
  • mesh noun Material made of crossed strands with regular small gaps between them, like a net or screen.
  • net noun A mesh of woven cord, string, or rope used for catching or trapping things, or as a barrier.
  • network noun A group of interconnected people, systems, or things, such as a social or professional circle.
  • online adj Connected to the internet or another network, and actively available or in use.
  • screen noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
  • screening noun A medical or background test carried out to detect problems early.
  • web noun A network of fine threads spun by a spider to catch prey.

Senses

verkko is used for these senses in English:

  • Reticulum (constellation) A small constellation of the southern summer sky, said to resemble a reticle. It lies between the constellations of Horologium and Dorado.
  • World Wide Web (Internet) Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others.
  • fabric (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
  • fishnet (uncountable) A fabric mesh with an open diamond-shaped structure.
  • graph (graph theory) A set of vertices (or nodes) connected together by edges; (formally) an ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V. See also w:Graph (discrete mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • grid A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
  • grid (computing) A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).
  • mains (chiefly, British) The domestic electrical power supply, especially as connected to a network or grid.

fabric — full definition

  1. noun Cloth made by weaving or knitting fibres together.
  2. noun The basic underlying structure of something, especially a society, building, or system.

fishnet — full definition

  1. noun A net used for catching fish.
  2. noun A fabric with an open, diamond-shaped weave, or stockings made from it.

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