meshwork
Example Sentences
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Examined under a microscope, the tiny sections of rock Turner uncovered contain a meshwork of three-dimensional structures — branching out in a distinctive way and rejoining — that closely resembles modern sponge skeletons.
From Washington Post
This destroys the flexible protein meshwork and leaves just the calcium.
From Salon
Lim et al. found that apical retention of these polymers depends on their slow diffusion, which is limited by their large molecular weight and the cytoplasmic actin meshwork in which they are embedded.
From Nature
In refusing to assign blame, the filmmaker encourages viewers to come up with their own meshwork of culpability, and to see the festival as symptomatic of broader social failings.
From Salon
Latorre et al. focused on the cell cortex, a meshwork of actin filaments and myosin that forms a thin layer beneath the cell membrane.
From Nature
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