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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plexus  \Plex"us\,  n. 
  A  network;  an  intricate  or  interwoven  combination  of  elements 
  or  parts  in  a  coherent  structure. 
 
  In  the  perception  of  a  tree  the  reference  to  an  object 
  is  circumscribed  and  directed  by  a  plexus  of  visual  and 
  other  presentations.  --G.  F.  Stout. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plexus  \Plex"us\,  n.;  pl  L.  {Plexus},  E.  {Plexuses}.  [L.,  a 
  twining,  braid,  fr  plectere  plexum,  to  twine,  braid.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  A  network  of  vessels,  nerves,  or  fibers. 
 
  2.  (Math.)  The  system  of  equations  required  for  the  complete 
  expression  of  the  relations  which  exist  between  a  set  of 
  quantities.  --Brande  &  C. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plexus 
  n  :  a  network  of  intersecting  blood  vessels  or  intersecting 
  nerves  or  intersecting  lymph  vessels 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Plexus 
 
  A  modular  {World-Wide  Web}  {server}  written  in  {Perl}  by  Tony 
  Sanders  .  Comes  with  interfaces  to  allow 
  many  other  information  services  to  be  served  via  the  Web. 
 
  {Version  3.0m  1994-07-22  (ftp://ftp.earth.com/plexus/)} 
 
  (1994-07-22)




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