n 1: contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch";
"the meshing of gears" [syn: engagement, mesh, interlocking]
2: an interconnected or intersecting configuration or system of
components; "there was a hole in the network where some of
the strands were broken"; "he used a copper frame with
copper meshing" [syn: network, net, mesh, meshwork, reticulation]
3: the act of interlocking or meshing; "an interlocking of arms
by the police held the crowd in check" [syn: mesh, interlock, interlocking]