Net vs C - What's the difference?
net | c |
A mesh of string, cord or rope.
A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
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, title= A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
(by extension) A trap.
* Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5
(geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them, e.g. computer ~, road ~, electricity distribution ~.
(sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
, title= (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
To catch by means of a net.
(figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
* Sir Walter Scott
To enclose or cover with a net.
(football) To score (a goal).
* 2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632463]
(tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=June 28
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters
, work=BBC Sport
To form network or netting; to knit.
(obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.xii:
Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
Remaining after expenses or deductions.
Final; end.
after expenses or deductions
To receive as profit.
To yield as profit for.
To fully hedge a position.
The third letter of the .
voiceless palatal plosive.
cardinal number one hundred (100).
(label) The speed of light, 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.
(label) The space of convergent sequences
Image:Latin C.png, Capital and lowercase versions of C , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter C.png, Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur
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As a noun net
is grandson.As a letter c is
the third letter of the.As a numeral c is
cardinal number one hundred (100).As a symbol c is
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English
(NET)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}
- A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal, passage=Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.}}
Synonyms
* (mesh) mesh, network * (used for catching or trapping) * snare, trap * (anything that has the appearance of a net) reticulation * (in geometry) development * (in computing) networkDerived terms
* fishnet * hairnet * hit the net * internet * netting * network * neural net * Petri net * safety netVerb
(nett)- And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
- to net a tree
- Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
- Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
citation, page= , passage=Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.}}
Synonyms
* (catch by means of a net) catch * (to trap) catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trapEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m). Compare (m), (m).Alternative forms
* nettAdjective
(-)- Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright
- net wine
- net''' profit''; '''''net weight
- net''' result''; '''''net conclusion
Derived terms
* net income * net loss * net weightAdverb
(-)- You'll have $5000 net .
Verb
(nett)- The company nets $30 on every sale.
- The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
- Every party is netting their position with a counter-party