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plexuses

noun

plural of plexus
as in webs

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  1. meshes
  2. systems
  3. networks
  4. complexes
  5. wholes
  6. conglomerates
  7. aggregates
Noun
  • Components such as porous meshes and foams must be manufactured at scale, incorporated into working systems, and shown to maintain their unusual corrosion resistance over long operating periods.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Others still involve video to a significant degree but incorporate more explicit 3D information, like data related to positioning, meshes, and so on somewhere in the process.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
Definition of meshes
Noun
  • This theory is based on our understanding of the abilities of apes, as evidence suggest both chimpanzees and gorillas have gestural communication systems.
    — Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Aging pipes must be replaced, leaks prevented, emergencies addressed and critical systems kept operating for homes, schools, hospitals and businesses.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of systems
Noun
  • The goal is for those encounters to lead to collaborations and longer-term support networks.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Among the items are discarded personal protective equipment, thermal insulation, electrical cabling, structural steel, rebar, loose soil, building concrete, and exhausted ion-exchange resins taken from water filtration networks.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of networks
Noun
  • Louisiana Economic Development, a state agency, says the facility will include five launch complexes and housing for employees and their families.
    — Drew Hawkins, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Passero praised Spinnaker, which has an extensive Connecticut portfolio of large-scale apartment complexes.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of complexes
Noun
  • The latter falls in love, or reads Spinoza, and these two experiences have nothing to do with each other, or with the noise of the typewriter or the smell of cooking; in the mind of the poet these experiences are always forming new wholes.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026
  • Both artists show systems through synecdoche, with parts standing in for wholes.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
Definition of wholes
Noun
  • VinFast is backed by Vingroup, one of Vietnam's largest private conglomerates, founded by Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, which has built an ecosystem around its EVs spanning charging and after-sales services.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Although Iran’s leading pharmaceutical firms are not themselves under sanctions, several of the largest are connected to sanctioned charitable conglomerates or to sanctioned individuals.
    — Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of conglomerates
Noun
  • Upstream, the automotive industry exists in productive symbiosis with steel, oil, glass, rubber, aggregates, concrete, electronics, engineering and construction, each transforming flows of matter first to value and then to waste.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • As water is applied to the garden, soil aggregates gradually break down.
    — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of aggregates
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