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"NETS" is a plural of: net. |
Date "NETS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of ensnaring anything with a net, denotes that you will be unscrupulous in your dealings and deportment with others. To dream of an old or torn net, denotes that your property has mortgages, or attachments, which will cause you trouble. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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In topology, the concept of a net is a generalization of that of a sequence, intended to unify the various notions of limit and generalize them to arbitrary topological spaces. Limits of nets accomplish for all topological spaces what limits of sequences accomplish for spaces satisfying the first axiom of countability.
Definition and examples
If X is a topological space, a net in X is a function from some directed set A to X.
Since the natural numbers with the normal order form a directed set, this definition includes all sequences among the nets. Other examples arise from real functions: suppose x0 is a real number and f : R − {x0} -> R is a function. The set A = R − {x0} can be directed towards x0 (see directed set for an explanation), and the function then turns into a net.
If A is a directed set, we often write a net from A to X in the form (xα), which expresses the fact that the element α in A is mapped to the element xα in X. We usually use <= to denote the binary relation given on A.
Limits of nets
If (xα) is a net in the topological space X, and x is an element of X, we say that the net converges towards x or has limit x and write
if and only if
- lim xα = x
Intuitively, this means that the values xα come and stay as close as we want to x for large enough α.
- for every neighborhood U of x there exists an α0 in A such that whenever α0 <= α, we have xα in U.
The three most frequently seen examples of limits of nets
These are:
- Limits of sequences.
- Limits of functions of a real variable: limx → c f(x).
- Limits of nets of Riemann sums, in the definition of the Riemann integral. In this example, the directed set is the set of partitions of the interval of integration, partially ordered by inclusion. A similar thing is done in the definition of the Riemann-Stieltjes integral.
Properties
Virtually all concepts of topology can be rephrased in the language of nets and limits. This may be useful to guide the intuition since the notion of limit of a net is very similar to that of limit of a sequence, which is widely used in the theory of metric spaces.
A function f : X -> Y between topological spaces is continuous at the point x if and only if for every net (xα) with
we have
- lim xα = x
Note that this theorem is in general not true if we replace "net" by "sequence". We have to allow for more directed sets than just the natural numbers if X is not first-countable.
- lim f(xα) = f(x).
In general, a net in a space X can have more that one limit, but if X is a Hausdorff space, the limit of a net, if it exists, is unique.
If U is a subset of X, then x is in the closure of U if and only if there exists a net (xα) with limit x and such that xα is in U for all α. In particular, U is closed if and only if, whenever (xα) is a net with elements in U and limit x, then x is in U.
If (xα)α in A is a net in X with underlying directed set (A, <=), and B is a subset of A such that for every α in A there exists a β in B with α <= β, the net (xβ)β in B is called a subnet of the original net.
A net has a limit if and only if every subnet has a limit. In that case, every limit of the net is also a limit of every subnet.
A space X is compact if and only if every net (xα) in X has a subnet with a limit in X. This can be seen as a generalization of the theorems of Bolzano-Weierstrass and Heine-Borel.
In a metric space or uniform space, one can speak of Cauchy nets in much the same way as Cauchy sequences. The concept even generalises to Cauchy spaces.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Net (mathematics)."
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The New Jersey Nets are a National Basketball Association team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
- Founded: 1967, a founding member of the American Basketball Association
- Formerly known as: New Jersey Americans (1967-1968), New York Nets (1968-1977)
- Home Arena: Continental Airlines Arena
- Uniform colors: Midnight blue, White, Red, and Silver
- Logo design: A blue shield with the word "NETS" above and a basketball below, going through a hoop
- NBA Championships:
Franchise history
Players of note
Basketball Hall of Famers:Not to be forgotten:
- Julius Erving
- Drazen Petrovic
Retired numbers:
- Alonzo Mourning
- Dikembe Mutombo
Current stars:
- 3 Drazen Petrovic
- 4 Wendell Ladner
- 23 John Williamson
- 25 Bill Melchionni
- 32 Julius Erving
- 52 Buck Williams
- Jason Kidd
- Kerry Kittles
- Kenyon Martin
- Rodney Rogers
- Richard Jefferson
Coaches and others
Basketball Hall of Famers:Jersey Nets official web site
- Chuck Daly
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "New Jersey Nets."
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Screenplays | These nets are very effective and very well constructed (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze; writing credit: Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird) We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll while we conduct missile drills (The Hunt for Red October; writing credit: Larry Ferguson) Look! State of the art jellyfish nets! (SpongeBob SquarePants; writing credit: Leonardo Fasoli; Patrizia Fassio) Nets are no longer for fish (Zaat; writing credit: Ron Kivett; Lee O. Larew) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Nets of Destiny (1924) The Mender of Nets (1912) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Fish nets and drying fish at Kotzebue. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Bongo nets flying in the wind prior to deployment. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | The paraphernalia of fishing on the pier - mountains of nets, floats, etc. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Two mola mola on the sorting table. Bongo nets in right foreground. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Bongo plankton sampling nets being recovered. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Bringing ice along a shark longliner - a colorful shrimp trawler is tied up forward of the longliner. Note Turtle Excluder Devices (TED's) in the nets. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Mountains of nets, chain, and line - some of the working gear of commercial tuna boats. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Fish sampling at Sachuest Marsh. Fyke nets were used to sample resident populations of fish before and after the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A US Fish and Wildlife volunteer assists with the lift nets. Lift nets were used before and after the restoration to sample resident fish populations to determine changes in productivity to the marsh, before and after restoration and to monitor restoration benefits. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Jellyfish come in many forms, many too fragile to capture in nets. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
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| "Fishing Nets" by Philip Jackson Commentary: "Fishing nets by the Mussel farms in the south of france." |
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St. Jerome | Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He seemed to spread nets, to set traps, with his questions |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Use bed nets if sleeping in mud or thatch houses. (references) | |
Bed nets sprayed with the insecticide permethrin are more effective. (references) | ||
Permethrin or another insecticide, deltamethrin, may be purchased overseas to treat nets and clothes. (references) | ||
Business | Effective January 1, 1991, the Canadian Goods and Services Tax (GST) replaced the Canadian Federal Sales Tax (FST). The new GST nets out at seven percent on a value-added basis at each resale level. (references) | |
Domestic production of sporting goods for local sales is concentrated on water skis, surf boards and other watersport equipment; tennis balls; basketballs; fishing rods; fish hooks and fishing tackle/landing nets; butterfly nets; and decoy birds. (references) | ||
Japan is strong in exports of golf balls and fishing tackle/landing nets. China, on the other hand, led in sales of table tennis balls and rackets; badminton and similar rackets; inflatable balls other than golf balls and table tennis balls; and in fishing tackle/landing nets. Hong Kong suppliers are leaders in sales of water skis, surf boards, and other water sports equipment; tennis rackets; and fishhooks. (references) | ||
Economic History | Maldives | The use of nets is illegal, so all fishing is done by line and pole, the method traditionally used for centuries. (references) |
Maldives | This sector employs about 20% of the labor force and contributes 10% of GDP. The use of nets is illegal, so all fishing is done by line. (references) | |
Philippines | While Japan was the number one source of imports, the bulk of imports were for fishing tackle/landing nets, butterfly nets and decoy birds. (references) | |
Trade | Bangladesh | Other items completely banned on either religious/social/health grounds or on economic grounds in the case of textile products that compete directly with locally produced items, including: live pigs, pig and poultry fat, eggs (except hatching eggs), poppy seeds and dried posto dana, marijuana, opium, tendu leaves, lard, lard and tallow oil, solid or semi-solid palm oil, raw sugar, un-denatured ethyl alcohol (80.0% or higher) and other spirits denatured of any strength, wine, artificial mustard oil, selected petroleum products, woven fabrics of silk or silk waste, pig hair, some kinds of cloth, selected insecticides, nylon and polyethylene ropes, fishing nets (gillnets), used or new rags, vessels more than 15 years old, motorbikes more than three years old, and single phase electricity meters. (references) |
Worker Rights | Vietnam | Union leaders influence key decisions, such as the amendment of labor legislation, development of social safety nets, and the setting of health, safety, and minimum wage standards. (references) |
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| "NETS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.68% of the time. "NETS" is used about 626 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.68% | 624 | 10,381 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.32% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 626 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "NETS": falling nets ♦ neural nets. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "NETS": drift-nets, gill-nets, long-nets, set-nets. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "NETS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | spøgelsesgarn (ghost nets), frie net (free nets, unconstrained nets), faldnet (falling gear, falling nets). (various references) | |
Dutch | werpnet (cast net, falling nets), vrij netwerk (free nets, unconstrained nets). (various references) | |
Finnish | verkko (net, network, toils, web), vapaa verkko (free nets, unconstrained nets), heittoverkko (cast net, falling nets). (various references) | |
French | nasses,casiers et verveux couverts (covered pots and fyke nets), machine pour le manchonnage des filets sur les tubes (machine to load easily and rapidly the net onto tubes, machine to load easily and rapidly the nets onto tubes), immobilisation nette (fixed assets nets, net fixed assets), filets lances (falling nets), filet calé (set nets). (various references) | |
German | Netze. (various references) | |
Greek | πεζόβολο (falling nets), δίχτυα καρτέρια (set nets). (various references) | |
Italian | reti da lancio (falling nets), macchina per il caricamento delle reti sui tubi (machine to load easily and rapidly the nets onto tubes), armare une rete (to attach nets). (various references) | |
Manx | aachorrey (second breed, second draught of nets). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | etsnay.(various references) | |
Scottish | cliùchd (mend nets). (various references) | |
Spanish | redes libres (free nets, unconstrained nets). (various references) | |
Swedish | lokalt nät (free nets, unconstrained nets), kastnät (cast net, falling nets). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 5, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai touto poihsanteV sunekleisan icquwn plhqoV polu dierrhgnuto de to diktuon autwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum hoc fecissent concluserunt piscium multitudinem copiosam rumpebatur autem rete eorum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And þa hi þæt dydon hig betugon mycele menigeo fixa: and hyra net wæs tobrocen. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne thei hadden do this thing, thei closiden togidir a greet multitude of fischis; and her net was brokun. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when they had so done they inclosed a greate multitude of fisshes. And their net brake: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net broke. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 5, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa nabuhat na nila kini, ilang nakuha ang mabagang duot sa isda; ug kay nagkabusbos na man ang ilang mga pukot, |
| Croatian | Uèiniše tako te uhvatiše veoma mnogo riba; mreže im se gotovo razdirale. |
| Danish | Og da de gjorde det, fangede de en stor Mængde Fisk, og deres Garn sønderreves. |
| Dutch | En als zij dat gedaan hadden, besloten zij een grote menigte vissen, en hun net scheurde. |
| Finnish | Ja sen tehtyään he saivat kierretyksi suuren joukon kaloja, ja heidän verkkonsa repeilivät. |
| French | L`ayant jeté, ils prirent une grande quantité de poissons, et leur filet se rompait. |
| German | Und da sie das taten, beschlossen sie eine große Menge Fische, und ihr Netz zerriß. |
| Haitian Creole | Yo lage senn lan; yo pran yon kantite pwason. Tèlman pwason yo te anpil, senn lan t'ap chire. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sesudah mereka melakukan itu, mereka mendapat begitu banyak ikan sampai jala mereka mulai robek. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah dilabuhkan, dilengkungnya ikan terlalu banyak, sehingga koyaklah pukatnya itu. |
| Italian | E avendolo fatto, presero una quantità enorme di pesci e le reti si rompevano. |
| Manx Gaelic | As tra v'ad er n'yannoo shoh chruinnee ad dy cheilley lheid yn earroo mooar dy eeastyn; dy row yn lieen oc brishey. |
| Maori | A, no ta ratou meatanga i tenei, he mano tini nga ika i mau i a ratou: ka whakapakaru ta ratou kupenga. |
| Norwegian | Og de gjorde så, og fanget en stor mengde fisk; og deres garn revnet. |
| Portuguese | Feito isto, apanharam uma grande quantidade de peixes, de modo que as redes se rompiam. |
| Rumanian | Dupqce le-au aruncat, au prins o awa de mare mulyime de pewti cq kncepeau sq li se rupq mrejile. |
| Russian | уДЕМБЧ ЬФП, ПОЙ РПКНБМЙ ЧЕМЙЛПЕ НОПЦЕУФЧП ТЩВЩ, Й ДБЦЕ УЕФШ Х ОЙИ РТПТЩЧБМБУШ. |
| Shuar | Tura ajunkar namakan ti Untsurín achikiarmiayi. Túram nekasha jaanaki wémiayi. |
| Spanish | Cuando lo hicieron, atraparon una gran cantidad de peces, y sus redes se rompían. |
| Swahili | Baada ya kufanya hivyo, wakavua samaki wengi, hata nyavu zao zikaanza kukatika. |
| Swedish | Och när de hade gjort så, fingo de en stor hop fiskar i sina nät; och näten gingo sönder. |
| Uma | Ngkai ree, karatene' -na jala' -ra, wori' mpu'u-mi bau' to mesua' hi rala-na, alaa-na ntepu'u morenta-mi jala' -ra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "NETS": netsuke, netsukes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "NETS": alkanets, antiferromagnets, ballonets, bannets, baronets, basinets, bassinets, bayonets, beignets, bennets, bluebonnets, bobbinets, bonnets, brunets, burgonets, burnets, cabernets, cabinets, canzonets, carcanets, carnets, castanets, clarinets, cornets, coronets, crownets, cygnets, dipnets, dragnets, dragonets, dubonnets, electromagnets, estaminets, falconets, ferrimagnets, ferromagnets, fishnets, gannets, garnets, genets, gillnets, gurnets, hairnets, hornets, intranets, jaconets, jennets, linnets, lunets, magnets, martinets. (additional references) | |
Words containing "NETS": solonetses. (additional references) | |
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"NETS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anetz, engs, enst, enth, entos, Jnhetc, nabts, naits, nast, natas, natps, nats, Natts, natus, nauts, ncet, Ndeti, ndt, neas, neats, Nebss, Necs, nees, neet, Neeta, Neete, nefs, neftis, negs, neis, Neiss, Neitsa, Neltc, nem, neos, ners, nerts, nes, Nesb, nesi, nesm, nesp, nesta, nesto, ne-sw, Netc, nete, n'etes, Neth, neti, netl, neto, Netsai, netts, netu, netz, netze, neus, nexts, niets, nist, nitc, nitis, nitq, nitus, nitz, Nitze, Nnebs, nots, Ntso, Ntsu, nutds, nutus, nutz, Nwest, nyet, Nytns. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "NETS" (pronounced ne"ts) |
| 4 | n e" t s | brunettes, cabernets, coronets, falconets. |
| 3 | -e" t s | begets, bets, brevets, cadets, cassettes, cigarettes, corvettes, debts, diskettes, duets, forgets, frets, gets, jets, lets, minarets, pets, pipettes, pirouettes, quartets, regrets, resets, rosettes, roulettes, sets, silhouettes, statuettes, suffragettes, sweats, threats, upsets, vets, vignettes. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nest, sent, tens. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ens, net, sen, set, ten. | |
-2 letters: en, es, et, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: antes, bents, cents, dents, etnas, gents, hents, inset, nates, neats, neist, nerts, nests, netts, newts, nites, notes, onset, rents, scent, sente, senti, seton, shent, spent, stane, stein, steno, stern, stone, teens, tends, tense, tents, terns, thens, tines, tones, tunes, tynes, unset, vents. | |
+2 letters: absent, agents, aments, anenst, ansate, antres, ascent, assent, astern, atones, betons, brents, centas, centos, contes, elints, enacts, enates, encyst, enlist, enters, estrin, ethnos, events, fasten, feints, finest, funest, genets, gentes, hasten, honest, incest, inerts, infest, ingest, inlets, insect, insert, insets, instep, inters, invest, jetons, latens, lentos, listen, lunets, mantes, montes, nested, nester, nestle, nestor, netops, newest, nicest, niters, nitres, nonets, noters, nudest, onsets, patens, pontes, renest, rentes, resent, sanest, sateen, scents, secant, sejant, senate, seniti, sennet, sennit, sentry, setons, sextan, sexton, signet, silent, sinter, sitten, sklent, snathe, soften, sonnet, spinet, splent, sprent, stamen, stance, staned, stanes, steins, stench, stenos, sterna, sterns, stolen, stoned, stoner, stones, stoney, strewn, subnet, sunket, sunset, syndet, teensy, teinds, telson, tenets, tenias, tennis, tenons, tenors, tensed, tenser, tenses, tensor, tenths, tenues, tenuis, ternes, teston, thanes, thegns, theins, tineas, tinges, tinsel, tisane, tokens, toners, tonnes, treens, trends, triens, trines, trones, tuners, twines, unites, unrest, unseat, unsent, unsets, unstep, unties, upsent, wisent, yentas, yentes. | |
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