1. (n.) A coalition of various organizations; a fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing at certain intervals\, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.

2. (n.) Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.

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