"matternet" meaning in English

See matternet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From matter + net. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|matter|net}} matter + net Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} matternet
  1. A network of autonomously controlled, multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that transport small packages of a standardised size.
    Sense id: en-matternet-en-name-uUAqHnsn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):",
          "text": "Over the matternet[…]hospitals could send urgent medicines to remote clinics more quickly than they could by roads, … .",
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          "ref": "2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):",
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