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internetted

Syllables: in·ter·net·ted/ˈɪntənɛtɪd/US/ˈɪntɚˌnɛtəd/

internetted adjective: entwined or linked together so as to form a network; interconnected, networked. Also the simple past and past participle of internet.

Adjective (1)

internetted (comparative more internetted, superlative most internetted)

  1. Entwined or linked together so as to form a network; interconnected, networked.
    • Her hair, flowing beneath her head-dress of cerulean silk, ornamented with crimson and surmounted by a gold-embroidered crown, was internetted with minute spiculæ of gold about the size of a spangle, and fell like the fabulous tiara of a mermaid upon her shoulders.1849, W[illiam] F[rancis] Lynch, “From Jerusalem to Jaffa”, in Narrative of the United States’ Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea, […], London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 450
    • She displayed a flaring netted purse of green and orange and scarlet interwoven, or rather, we should say, internetted with gilt and steel beds, with gilt rings, and gilt and steel tassels.1850, [Elizabeth] Stone, chapter XIII, in Mr. Dalton’s Legatee, a Very Nice Woman. […], volume II, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, pages 176–177
    Synonyms:
    interwoven

Adjective (2)

internetted (not comparable)

  1. Connected into a computer network.
    • The time required to move large blocks of characters into and out of space in main memory seriously limits the computer's processing capabilities and its responsiveness, particularly during a time of high volume use, such as a crisis. Additional memory and secondary storage are required to handle...1979 December 14, “How Responsive, Reliable, and Survivable are the WWMCCS Standard Computer Systems?”, in The World Wide Military Command and Control System—Major Changes Needed in Its Automated...
    • An example of an information network is the Defense Department's ARPANET—where a user at a computer terminal in one part of the country has access to many internetted computers throughout the country […]1981 September 29, Stephen J[oseph] Lukasik (witness), “Statement of Stephen J. Lukasik, Chief Scientist, Office of Science and Technology, Federal Communications Commission”, in Emergency Management...
  2. (Internet, specifically) Connected to, or able to access, the Internet.
    • And by September of next year, all of my high schools will be fully wired and fully "Internetted" in virtually every single classroom.2001 March 21, Paul Vallas (witness), “Statement of Paul Vallas, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Public Schools”, in President’s Tax Relief Proposals: Tax Proposals Affecting Individuals: Hearing...
    • [A]s one of the wealthiest, most heavily ‘internetted’ countries in the world, the United States too has tremendous inequalities.2004, Crispin Thurlow, Laura Lengel, Alice Tomic, “Online Ethics and International Inequities”, in Computer Mediated Communication: Social Interaction and the Internet, London; Thousand Oaks, Calif....

Also used as

internetted is also the simple past and past participle of internet.

Examples of internetted in a sentence

  • Yonder I'll rest awhile, for now I see, / Through meshes of the internetted leaves, / A little plot, girt with a living wall; […]1852 January 1, E. W. Ellsworth, “Ariadne”, in The International Monthly Magazine of Literature, Science, and Art, volume V, number 1, New...
  • There is a second coat, lining the interior of the sclerotic, which consists of minute vessels, arteries and veins, closely internetted, and is called the choroid.1857, Edward L[ivingston] Youmans, “Structure and Optical Powers of the Eye”, in The Hand-book of Household Science. […], New York, N.Y....
  • [I]t may be truly and gratefully said, these roots, internetted with the very life-fibres of human sustenance, have been brought to their present perfection and value.1864, Elihu Burritt, chapter VIII, in A Walk from London to John O’Groat’s, with Notes by the Way. […], London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston...
  • Strengthened by technology and working as internetted "teams of teams," the potential exists for staffs to greatly streamline and accelerate sound and creative planning, decision making and control.1996 March–April, Huba Wass de Czege, Jacob Biever, “Optimizing Future Battle Command Technologies”, in Lee J. Hockman, editor, Military...

Synonyms of internetted

Forms of internetted

comparativemore internetted
superlativemost internetted

Origin of internetted

PIE word *h₁én The adjective is derived from inter- (prefix meaning ‘amid, among; between’) + netted (“forming a network”, adjective). The verb is derived from internet + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs).

From internet + -ed (suffix forming adjectives, and past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs).

Questions about internetted

What does internetted mean?
Internetted means entwined or linked together so as to form a network; interconnected, networked.
How do you use internetted in a sentence?
Yonder I'll rest awhile, for now I see, / Through meshes of the internetted leaves, / A little plot, girt with a living wall; […]
What part of speech is internetted?
Internetted is an adjective.
How do you pronounce internetted?
Internetted is pronounced /ˈɪntənɛtɪd/ (UK).

Words near internetted in the dictionary

  1. interneterati
  2. internetless
  3. internetlike
  4. Internetphobia
  5. internets
  6. internetted
  7. internetter
  8. internetters
  9. internetting
  10. internetty
  11. internetwork

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