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
  • The company says more than 80 percent of the production line’s core processes are automated, helping deliver the precision and consistency needed to manufacture complex robotic systems at scale.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Philadelphia Eagles drastically overhauled their playbook after their offense degenerated in 2025, and the technical and philosophical changes Hurts must master demand a departure from the comfort zones of past systems.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of systems
Noun
  • Next phase of the project Users can also cross-examine candidate locations against regional power grids and river networks through Oak Ridge’s HydroSource digital mapping tool.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Fox News and right-leaning networks One America News Network and Newsmax are good bets to air all or most of the convention.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of networks
Noun
  • Identifying this more limited set of protein complexes that likely contribute to the development of profound autism could change the approach to treatments, says Singer with the Autism Science Foundation.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Campuses, apartment complexes and neighborhoods can all include routes that become difficult for wheels alone.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 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
  • South Korea surged ahead on the strength of its giant conglomerates like Samsung, which integrates multiple stages of the supply chain.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • While licensing archives to outside sources is lucrative, Bell questions how important archive houses are to media conglomerates.
    — Addie Morfoot, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of conglomerates
Noun
  • As water is applied to the garden, soil aggregates gradually break down.
    — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Long Weekend largely aggregates and cross-promotes arts events already happening in the area on the first five days of July.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
Definition of aggregates
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