grid-like structure of threads or yarns
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Within Vinony's link graph, net is referenced by 211 other articles, and connects out to hammock, association football and basketball.
It is catalogued under the topic Nets (devices).
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- structure
- Image
- Orange texture made of a fishing net on a wooden board at golden hour.jpg
- Has use
- lexicology
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- topic's main category
- Category:Nets (devices)
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- Commons category
- Nets
- start time
- 8000-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
A cargo net being used to unload sacks from a ship at Haikou New Port, Haikou City, Hainan, China
A net comprises threads or yarns knotted and twisted into a grid-like structure which blocks the passage of large items, while letting small items and fluids pass. It requires less material than something sheet-like, and provides a degree of transparency, as well as flexibility and lightness.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “net” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.