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computer
     1. n. (now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
     2. n. (by restriction, chiefly historical) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
     3. n. A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially
graphics
     1. n. The making of architectural or design drawings.
     2. n. The graphic arts.
     3. n. (computing) The pictorial representation and manipulation of data; the process by which a computer displays data.
     4. n. (computing) The art or visual representations displayed by a computer.
           This game is really fun, but the graphics aren't very good.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
polygon
     1. n. (geometry) A plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines.
     2. n. (geometry) The boundary of such a figure.
     3. n. (geometry, more generally) A figure comprising vertices and (not necessarily straight) edges, alternatingly.
     4. n. (geometry) Such a figure and its interior, taken as a whole.
mesh
     1. n. A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
     2. n. The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.
     3. n. The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
     4. n. A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +40
     5. n. (computer graphics) A polygon mesh.
     6. v. To connect together by interlocking, as gears do.
     7. v. (intransitive, figurative, by extension) To fit in; to come together harmoniously.
           The music meshed well with the visuals in that film.
     8. v. To catch in a mesh.
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