net : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: net	by the DICT Development Group
10 results for net
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
net adj remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: net, nett] Antonym(s): gross conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" Synonym(s): final, last, net n a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange Synonym(s): internet, net, cyberspace a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) Synonym(s): net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals Synonym(s): net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork v make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" Synonym(s): net, sack, sack up, clear yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million" Synonym(s): net, clear construct or form a web, as if by weaving Synonym(s): web, net catch with a net; "net a fish" Synonym(s): net, nett
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neat \Neat\, a. [Compar. {Neater}; superl. {Neatest}.] [OE. nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf. {Nitid}, {Net}, a., {Natty}.] 1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy. If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean. --Law. 2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress. 3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy. [bd]Our old wine neat.[b8] --Chapman. 4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief. 5. With all deductions or allowances made; net. Note: [In this sense usually written {net}. See {Net}, a., 3.] {neat line} (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be built or formed. {Neat work}, work built or formed to neat lines. Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Net \Net\, v. i. To form network or netting; to knit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Net \Net\, a. [F. See {Neat} clean.] 1. Without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.] Her breast all naked as net ivory. --Spenser. 2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc. [R.] 3. Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc. [Less properly written {nett}.] {Net tonnage} (Naut.), the tonnage of a vessel after a deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow space for crew, machinery, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Net \Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Netted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Netting}.] To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Net \Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Netted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Netting}.] 1. To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk. 2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile. And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
net.- /net dot/ pref. [Usenet] Prefix used to describe people and events related to Usenet. From the time before the {Great Renaming}, when most non-local newsgroups had names beginning `net.'. Includes {net.god}s, `net.goddesses' (various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers), `net.lurkers' (see {lurker}), `net.person', `net.parties' (a synonym for {boink}, sense 2), and many similar constructs. See also {net.police}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
net.- /net dot/ A prefix used to describe people and events related to {Usenet} and the {Internet}. The convention dates from the time before the {Great Renaming}, when most non-local {Usenet} newsgroups had names beginning "net.". Includes {net.god}s, "net.goddesses" (various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers), "net.lurkers" (see {lurker}), "net.person", "net.parties" (a synonym for {boink}), and many similar constructs. See also {net.police}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
net 1. {network}. 2. {network, the}. 3. {neural network}. 4. The {top-level domain} originally for networks, although it sees heavy use for {vanity domains} of all types. [{Jargon File}] (1999-01-26)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Net in use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat, as circumstances might require (Matt. 13:47, 48). (2.) The hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be seen (Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of circular form, "like the top of a tent." (3.) The bag-net (Gr. diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water (Luke 5:4-9). The fowling-nets were (1) the trap, consisting of a net spread over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it fell with the slightest touch (Amos 3:5, "gin;" Ps. 69:22; Job 18:9; Eccl. 9:12). (2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch birds by the leg (Job 18:10; Ps. 18:5; 116:3; 140:5). (3.) The decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys (Jer. 5:26, 27). Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.