Noun

Singular net

Plural nets

net (plural nets)

1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
2. A device made from such mesh, generally used for catching fish.
3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

   Petri net

5. (by extension) A trap.

   caught in the prosecuting attorney's net

6. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form that polyhedron.
7. (computing) A computer network.
8. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.

   The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.

9. (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.

Synonyms

• (mesh): mesh, network
• (used for catching or trapping):
• (figurative: a trap): snare, trap
• (anything that has the appearance of a net): reticulation
• (in geometry): development
• (in computing): network

Derived terms

• fishnet
• hairnet
• hit the net
• internet

• netting
• network
• neural net
• Petri net

Net may refer to:

• Net (device), fibers woven in a grid-like structure
• Net (textile), any textile in which the warp and weft yarns are looped or knotted at their intersections
• Net (mathematics), a generalization of a sequence similar to a filter
• A linear system of divisors of dimension 2.
• Net (polyhedron), an arrangement of polygons that can be folded up to form a polyhedron
• An electronic network connection in a netlist
• New Jersey Nets, a basketball team
• Net Television, a Maltese television station
• The Net (film), a 1995 film starring Sandra Bullock
• Cricket nets a safe netted environment for practicing cricket
• Fishing net, a net used for fishing

In computing and communication:

• Computer network
• Telecommunications network
• Internet
• For the Internet-related prefix net-, see Wiktionary's article net-

.net or .NET may refer to:

• .net, an Internet top-level domain
• .net (magazine)
• Microsoft .NET Framework
• Microsoft .NET Passport
• Microsoft .NET Messenger Service

In business and finance as an antonym of gross:

• Net (economics)
• Net worth
• Net pay
• Net metering
• Net flux
• Net 30
• Net profit
• Net weight

NET as an acronym may refer to:

In broadcast and media:

• National Educational Television, U.S., the predecessor of PBS
• Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, U.S.
• National Empowerment Television, a defunct politically conservative cable network from the 1990s
• Nihon Educational Television, the former name of TV Asahi, Japan
• Net Serviços de Comunicação S/A, Brazil
• New Hellenic Television, Greece
• Never Ending Tour, musician Bob Dylan's tour since 1988

In science and psychology:

• Neuroendocrine tumor
• N-Ethyltryptamine
• Neutrophil Extracellular Traps
• Neuro Electric Therapy
• Neuro Emotional Technique
• Norepinephrine Transporter
• Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
• No Earlier Than, NASA/KSC acronym

In other:

• National Eligibility Test, India
• New Earth Time
• New English Translation of the Bible
• Noise equivalent target
• Nottingham Express Transit, UK
• Network of European Technocrats
• No Electronic Theft Act

As an alternate spelling:

• Nett, a municipality in the Federated States of Micronesia.