Noun

• S: (n) network, web (an interconnected system of things or people) "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth"
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• S: (n) system, scheme (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole) "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) network ((broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs) "the networks compete to broadcast important sports events"
• S: (n) net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork (an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals)
• S: (n) network (a system of intersecting lines or channels) "a railroad network"; "a network of canals"
• S: (n) network, electronic network ((electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits)
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• domain category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity) "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
• S: (n) audio system, sound system (a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound)
• S: (n) communication system (a system for communicating)
• S: (n) computer system, computing system, automatic data processing system, ADP system, ADPS (a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage)
• S: (n) containment ((physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor)
• S: (n) control system (a system for controlling the operation of another system)
• S: (n) data system, information system (system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization)
• S: (n) drainage system (a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water)
• S: (n) exhaust, exhaust system (system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged)
• S: (n) explosive detection system, EDS (a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports)
• S: (n) explosive trace detection, ETD (a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives)
• S: (n) guidance system, guidance device (a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile))
• S: (n) hookup, assemblage (a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose)
• S: (n) inertial guidance system, inertial navigation system (a system to control a plane or spacecraft; uses inertial forces)
• S: (n) lockage (a system of locks in a canal or waterway)
• S: (n) maze, labyrinth (complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost)
• S: (n) mechanical system (a system of elements that interact on mechanical principles)
• S: (n) navigational system (a system that provides information useful in determining the position and course of a ship or aircraft)
• S: (n) network, electronic network ((electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits)
• S: (n) network (a system of intersecting lines or channels) "a railroad network"; "a network of canals"
• S: (n) propulsion system (a system that provides a propelling or driving force)
• S: (n) resonator (any system that resonates)
• S: (n) scaffolding, staging (a system of scaffolds)
• S: (n) security system ((computing) a system that enforces boundaries between computer networks)
• S: (n) selsyn, synchro (a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized)
• S: (n) shipboard system (a system designed to work as a coherent entity on board a naval ship)
• S: (n) solar thermal system (a system that converts sunlight into heat)
• S: (n) sprinkler system (a system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature)
• S: (n) synchromesh (an automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly)

Verb

• S: (v) network (communicate with and within a group) "You have to network if you want to get a good job"