réseau

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French réseau (“network”).

Noun

réseau (plural réseaus or réseaux)

  1. (astronomy) A system of lines forming small squares of standard size, which is photographed, by a separate exposure, on the same plate with star images to facilitate measurements, detect changes of the film, etc.
  2. In lace, a ground or foundation of regular meshes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “réseau”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

From rets (“fishing net”) +‎ -eau, from Old French reiz, rez. It appeared in 12th century Old French as resel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁe.zo/
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  • Homophone: réseaux

Noun

réseau m (plural réseaux)

  1. network
  2. (Internet) network

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