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Net Definition–noun | 1. | a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals: a butterfly net. | | 2. | a piece of meshed fabric designed to serve a specific purpose, as to divide a court in racket games or protect against insects: a tennis net; a mosquito net. | |
| 3. | anything serving to catch or ensnare: a police net to trap the bank robber. | | 4. | a lacelike fabric with a uniform mesh of cotton, silk, rayon, nylon, etc., often forming the foundation of any of various laces. | | 5. | (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball that hits the net. | | 6. | Often, nets. the goal in hockey or lacrosse. | <
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| 8. | any network containing computers and telecommunications equipment. | | 9. | the Net, the Internet. | | 10. | Mathematics. the abstraction, in topology, of a sequence; a map from a directed set to a given space. | | 11. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Reticulum. | | 12. | Informal. a radio or television network. | –verb (used with object) | 13. | to cover, screen, or enclose with a net or netting: netting the bed to keep out mosquitoes. | | 14. | to take with a net: to net fish. | | 15. | to set or use nets in (a river, stream, etc.), as f
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or catching fish. | | 16. | to catch or ensnare: to net a dangerous criminal. | | 17. | (in tennis, badminton, etc.) to hit (the ball) into the net. | | From Dictionary
Zero Definition–noun | 1. | the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher. | | 2. | the origin of any kind of measurement; line or point from which all divisions of a scale, as a thermometer, are measured in either a positive or a negative direction. | | 3. | a mathematical value intermediate between positive and negative values. | | 5. | the lowest point or degree. | | 6. | Linguistics. the absence of a linguistic element, as a phoneme or morpheme, in a position in which one previously existed or might by analogy be expected to exist, often represented by the symbol 0̷: Inflectional endings were reduced to zero. The alternant of the plural morpheme in “sheep” is zero. | | 7. | Ordnance. a sight setting for both elevation and windage on any particular range causing a projectile to strike the center of the target on a normal day, under favorable light conditions, with no wind blowing. | | 8. | Mathematics. | a. | the identity element of a group in which the operation is addition. | | b. | (of a function, esp. of a function of a complex variable) a point at which a given function, usually a function of a complex variable, has the value zero; a root. | | | 9. | (initial capital letter) a single-engine Japanese fighter plane used in World War II. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to adjust (an instrument or apparatus) to a zero point or to an arbitrary reading from which all other readings are to be measured. | | 12. | Slang. to kill (a congressional bill, appropriation, etc.): The proposed tax increase has been zeroed for the time being. | –adjective | 13. | amounting to zero: a zero score. | | 14. | having no measurable quantity or magnitude; not any: zero economic growth. | | 15. | Ling
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uistics. noting a hypothetical morphological element that is posited as existing by analogy with a regular pattern of inflection or derivation in a language, but is not represented by any sequence of phonological elements: the zero allomorph of “-ed” in “cut”; “Deer” has a zero plural. | | 16. | Meteorology. | a. | (of an atmospheric ceiling) pertaining to or limiting vertical visibility to 50 ft. (15.2 m) or less. | | b. | of, pertaining to, or limiting horizontal visibility to 165 ft. (50.3 m) or less. | | | 18. | being or pertaining to the precise time, as a specific hour or second, when something must or does happen, as the explosion of a nuclear weapon: in an underground shelter at zero second. | —Verb phrases | 19. | zero in, to aim (a rifle, etc.) at the precise center or range of a target. | | 20. | zero in on, | a. | to aim directly at (a target). | | b. | to direct one's attention to; focus on; concentrate on. | | c. | to converge on; close in on. | | |
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Internet Definition–noun | a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually prec. by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols. | |
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Service Definition–noun | 1. | an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service. | | 2. | the supplying or supplier of utilities or commodities, as water, electricity, or gas, required or demanded by the public. | | 3. | the providing or a provider of accommodation and activities required by the public, as maintenance, repair, etc.: The manufacturer guarantees service and parts. | | 4. | the organized system of apparatus, appliances, employees, etc., for supplying some accommodation required by the public: a television repair service. | | 5. | the supplying or a supplier of public communication and transportation: telephone service; bus service. | | 6. | the performance of duties or the duties performed as or by a waiter or servant; occ
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upation or employment as a waiter or servant. | | 7. | employment in any duties or work for a person, organization, government, etc. | | 8. | a department of public employment, an administrative division of a government, or the body of public servants in it: the diplomatic service. | | 9. | the duty or work of public servants. | | 10. | the serving of a sovereign, state, or government in some official capacity. | | 11. | Military. | a. | the armed forces: in the service. | | b. | a branch of the armed forces, as the army or navy: Which service were you in during the war? | | | 12. | Ordnance. the actions required in loading and firing a cannon: service of the piece. | | 13. | Often, services. the performance of any duties or work for another; helpful or professional activity: medical services. | | 14. | something made or done by a commercial organization for the public benefit and without regard to direct profit: Certain books are published at a loss as a public service. | | 15. | Also called divine service. public religious worship according to prescribed form and order. | | 16. | a ritual or form prescribed for public worship or for some particular occasion: the marriage service. | | 17. | the serving of God by obedience, piety, etc.: voluntary service. | | 18. | a musical setting of the sung portions of a liturgy. | | 19. | a set of dishes, utensils, etc., for general table use or for particular use: a tea service; service for eight. | | 21. | Law. the serving of a process or writ upon a person. | | 22. | Nautical. tarred spun yarn or other small stuff for covering the exterior of a rope. | | 23. | (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) | a. | the act or manner of putting the ball or shuttlecock into play; serve. | | b. | the ball or shuttlecock as put into play. | | | 24. | the mating of a female animal with the male. | –adjective | 26. | of, pertaining to, or used by servants, delivery people, etc., or in serving food: service stairs; the service pieces in a set of dishes. | | 27. | supplying aids or services rather than products or goods: Medicine
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is one of the service professions. | | 28. | supplying maintenance and repair: He operates a service center for electrical appliances. | | 29. | of, for, or pertaining to the armed forces of a country or one of them: a service academy. | | 30. | charged for providing service: a service fee of 15 percent on the restaurant check. | | 31. | providing, authorizing, or guaranteeing service: a service industry; a service contract. | –verb (used with object) | 32. | to make fit for use; repair; restore to condition for service: to service an automobile. | | 33. | to supply with aid, information, or other incidental services. | | 34. | (of a male animal) to mate with (a female animal). | | 35. | Finance. to pay off (a debt) over a period of time, as by meeting periodic interest payments. | —Idioms | 36. | at someone's service, ready to be of help or use to someone; at one's disposal: You will have an English-speaking guide at your service. | | 37. | be of service, to be helpful or useful: If we can be of service, do not hesitate to call. | |
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