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1 : a class of medical instruction in which patients are examined
and discussed
2 : a
group meeting devoted to the analysis and solution of concrete problems or to
the acquiring of specific skills or knowledge <writing clinics>
<golf clinics>
<The Computer clinic>
3 a
: a facility (as of a hospital) for diagnosis and treatment of
outpatients b : a group practice in which several physicians work
cooperatively
Main Entry: net·work·ing
Function: noun
Date: 1966
1 : the exchange of information or services among individuals,
groups, or institutions
2 : the establishment or use of a computer network
Main Entry: 1net
Pronunciation: 'net
Function: noun
Usage: often capital
Etymology: Middle English nett, from Old English; akin to Old High German
nezzi net
Date: before 12th century
1 a : an open-meshed fabric twisted, knotted, or woven together at
regular intervals b : something made of net: as (1) : a
device for catching fish, birds, or insects (2) : a fabric barricade
which divides a court in half (as in tennis or volleyball) and over which a ball
or shuttlecock must be hit to be in play (3) : the fabric that encloses
the sides and back of the goal in various games (as soccer or hockey)
2 : an entrapping device or situation <caught in the net
of suspicious circumstances>
3 : something resembling a net in reticulation (as of lines,
fibers, or figures)
4 a : a group of communications stations operating under unified
control b : NETWORK
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