Mesh vs Fabric - What's the difference?
mesh | fabric |
A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
* Shakespeare
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.
To fit in, to come together.
To catch in a mesh.
(archaic) structure, building
* Milton
(archaic) The act of constructing; construction; fabrication.
* Milman
(archaic) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make.
The framework underlying a structure
A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
(petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock
(computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance
As nouns the difference between mesh and fabric
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 fabric is (archaic) structure, building.As a verb mesh
is to fit in, to come together.mesh
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Noun
(wikipedia mesh) (es)- a golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men
Synonyms
* (space and threads) lattice, network, netDerived terms
* mesh numberVerb
(es)- The music meshed well with the visuals in that film.
- (Surrey)
Anagrams
* *fabric
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Alternative forms
* fabrick (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia fabric)- Anon out of the earth a fabric huge / Rose like an exhalation.
- Tithe was received by the bishop for the fabric of the churches for the poor.
- cloth of a beautiful fabric
- the fabric of our lives
- the fabric of the universe
- cotton fabric
- The internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers