netting
English
Etymology 1
Noun
netting (countable and uncountable, plural nettings)
- Something that acts as, or looks like, a net.
- January 1965, U.S. Army Air Defense Digest (U.S. Army Air Defense School, Fort Bliss, Texas), page 44 (part of chapter 3, Army Air Defense Control Systems) (PDF: cover, contents, chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3):
- The term "radar netting" (fig 43) describes the process by which track data derived from several additional or remote radars are gathered at a single center to produce an integrated set of meaningful target information which can be distributed to all AD elements concerned. [...] Radar netting can provide concurrent coverage of a selected area by more than one radar.
- January 1965, U.S. Army Air Defense Digest (U.S. Army Air Defense School, Fort Bliss, Texas), page 44 (part of chapter 3, Army Air Defense Control Systems) (PDF: cover, contents, chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3):
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Etymology 2
From Middle English netting (“urine”). Further etymology unclear.
Noun
netting (uncountable)
- (UK, dialect, dated) urine
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Etymology 3
Verb
netting
- present participle of net
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