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holes, organized into purpose — the negative space doing all the work
means A network of interlaced strands — wire, thread, or abstract connections — whose regular openings let some things through while holding others back.
from From Middle English 'mesh' or 'maske,' related to Old English 'max' (a net) and tied to a Germanic family that includes Dutch 'maas' and German 'Masche' (a loop or stitch). The root idea runs through knots and netting — possibly linked to words for tying or knotting — so the word has always been about strands deliberately looped together. The modern sense of things 'meshing' (gears, plans, people) is a figurative stretch from those interlocking threads.
- net logic
- defined by what isn't there
- mesh networks
- devices route around dead nodes, no central tower
- surgery
- polymer mesh patches hernias from inside the body
- 3d models
- every digital object is triangles meshed together
- fashion
- sweat escapes, eyes don't — that's the point
chain link fence — rhomboid metal wire grid patented in 1844, invented by charles barnard
chicken wire — hexagonal mesh fencing made of galvanized steel, commonly used since 1880s
fishing net — interlocked knots forming openings, used for thousands of years across all ocean fishing