- an interconnected system of things or people;
"he owned a network of shops" "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life" "tangled in a web of cloth"
- (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs;
"the networks compete to broadcast important sports events"
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- a system of intersecting lines or channels;
"a railroad network" "a network of canals"
- (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits