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A net, in its primary meaning, comprises fibers woven in a grid-like structure. It blocks the passage of large items, while letting small items and fluids pass. It requires less material than something sheet-like, and allows seeing through.

Examples are fishing net
Fishing net

A fishing net or fishnet is a Net that is used for fishing. Fishing nets are meshes usually formed by knotting a relatively thin thread....
s, butterfly net
Butterfly net

A butterfly net is one of several kinds of Net used to collect insects. The entire bag of the net is generally constructed from a lightweight mesh to minimize damage to delicate butterfly wings....
s, cricket nets
Cricket nets

Cricket nets are practice nets used by batsman and bowler to warm up and/or improve their cricketing techniques. They consist of a cricket pitch surrounded along its lengths and behind the batsman by netting....
, or nets used in sporting goals
Goal (sport)

Goal refers to a method of scoring in many sports. It can also refer to the physical structure or area of the playing surface in which a score is made....
 in games such as soccer, basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
, Bossaball
Bossaball

Bossaball is a sport invented in Belgium. It is similar to volleyball, but also includes elements of football , gymnastics and capoeira. Each side of the court has an integrated trampoline, allowing players to bounce high enough to spike the ball, and a number of inflatable barriers....
 and ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
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The adjectives reticulated and retiary both mean "net-like".

Most of the other meanings of the term are by analogy with the use above.

Safety net is also used figuratively, see e.g.






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Bird Netting
A net, in its primary meaning, comprises fibers woven in a grid-like structure. It blocks the passage of large items, while letting small items and fluids pass. It requires less material than something sheet-like, and allows seeing through.

Examples are fishing net
Fishing net

A fishing net or fishnet is a Net that is used for fishing. Fishing nets are meshes usually formed by knotting a relatively thin thread....
s, butterfly net
Butterfly net

A butterfly net is one of several kinds of Net used to collect insects. The entire bag of the net is generally constructed from a lightweight mesh to minimize damage to delicate butterfly wings....
s, cricket nets
Cricket nets

Cricket nets are practice nets used by batsman and bowler to warm up and/or improve their cricketing techniques. They consist of a cricket pitch surrounded along its lengths and behind the batsman by netting....
, or nets used in sporting goals
Goal (sport)

Goal refers to a method of scoring in many sports. It can also refer to the physical structure or area of the playing surface in which a score is made....
 in games such as soccer, basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
, Bossaball
Bossaball

Bossaball is a sport invented in Belgium. It is similar to volleyball, but also includes elements of football , gymnastics and capoeira. Each side of the court has an integrated trampoline, allowing players to bounce high enough to spike the ball, and a number of inflatable barriers....
 and ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
.

The adjectives reticulated and retiary both mean "net-like".

Most of the other meanings of the term are by analogy with the use above.

Safety net is also used figuratively, see e.g. social safety net
Social safety net

The social safety net is a term used to describe a collection of services provided by the state, such as Welfare , unemployment benefit, universal healthcare, homeless shelters, the minimum wage and sometimes subsidized services such as public transport, which prevent individuals from falling into poverty beyond a certain level....
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See also

  • Animal Usage in the Gravettian
  • Anti-submarine net
    Submarine

    A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below water. It differs from a submersible, which has only limited underwater capability....
  • Net laying ship
    Net laying ship

    A net laying ship, also known as a net layer or net tender, was a type of small auxiliary ship built for the US Navy during World War II....
  • Netgun
    Netgun

    File:Net gun, USDA.jpgNetguns are non-lethal weapons designed to fire a Net which entangles the target. Netguns have a long history of being used to capture wildlife, without injury, for research purposes....