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Mesh vs Extender - What's the difference?

mesh | extender |

As nouns the difference between mesh and extender

is that mesh is a structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them while extender is any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.

As a verb mesh

is to fit in, to come together.

mesh

English

Noun

(wikipedia mesh) (es)
  • A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
  • * Shakespeare
  • a golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men
  • The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.
  • The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
  • 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.
  • (computer graphics) A polygon mesh.
  • Synonyms

    * (space and threads) lattice, network, net

    Derived terms

    * mesh number

    Verb

    (es)
  • To fit in, to come together.
  • The music meshed well with the visuals in that film.
  • To catch in a mesh.
  • (Surrey)

    Anagrams

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    extender

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.
  • Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
  • Any substance added to meat to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.
  • Soy protein is used as a meat extender .
  • (climbing) A runner, or quick-draw. (from sense #2)
  • (linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".
  • Derived terms

    * DOS extender

    Anagrams

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