Mat and Network

Mat

Mat noun - A small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it.

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Network and mat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Network" instead a noun "Mat".

Nearby Words: matte, math, matting, matt

Network noun - A fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals.

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Mat and network are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mat" instead a noun "Network".

Nearby Words: networked, networking

Teleporters and Transporters: In addition to standard FTL, the Fourth Empire also made use of a network of "mat-trans" devices that threw matter through hyperspace and caught it on the other side.

Source: Literature / Empire from the Ashes
The Doctor Who New Adventures novel Transit by Ben Aaronovitch is set in a future where the Tube has combined with the T-Mat teleporter network from "The Seeds of Death" to form a network of trains that "hop" through teleportation fields, linking all the planets in the solar system.

Source: Useful Notes / The London Underground
In David Weber's Empire from the Ashes series, in addition to standard FTL, the Fourth Empire also made use of a network of "mat-trans" devices that threw matter through hyperspace and caught it on the other side.

Source: Teleportation

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