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[ verb ] bring into relation with
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[ verb ] make a logical or causal connection
Examples "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind" Used in print (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)Linking the smoothly changing images together , the eye itself endows them with the illusion of movement . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)A number of religions also satisfy for many the need of being linked with the ultimate and eternal . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)The growing contacts between Aegean and Orient are also a phase which should be linked primarily to the remarkable broadening of Hellenic culture after 750 . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)But perhaps this was a part of the eternal plan , that man 's ambition when linked with God would be a driving , indefatigable force for good in the world . Related terms dissociate think relate think_of identify free-associate remember |
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[ noun ] a fastener that serves to join or link
Examples "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction" Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)It was not as_though she noted clearly that her nephews had not been to see her for ten years , not since their last journey eastward to witness their Uncle_Izaak being lowered into the rocky soil ; that aside from due notification of certain major events in their lives ( two marriages , two births , one divorce ) , Christmas and Easter_cards of the traditional sort had been the only thin link she had with them through the widowed years . |
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[ noun ] the means of connection between things linked in series
Synonyms Used in print (James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)In a_few school districts one finds a link between school and job . (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)Watson 's insight is verified by the mysterious link between Holmes and his arch opponent , Dr._Moriarty . (Hugh Kelly and Ted Ziehe, "Glossary Lookup Made Easy"...)Each cell except the last in the chain also contains the address of the Y-cell that is the next element of the chain ; the absence of such a link in the last cell indicates the end of the chain . (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)the aspect of learning the internal organization of obvious natural genetic groups of languages as_well as their more remote and elusive external links ; of classification first , with elapsed age merely a by-product ; of acquiring evidential knowledge of what happened in Athabascan , in Yokuts , in Uto-Aztecan in the last few thousand years as_well as forecasting what more anciently may have happened between them . (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)There was no use in standing there in the drizzle , trying to find a link between Emile 's murder and opium in a cup of coffee . |
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[ verb ] connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
Examples "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?" "Tie the ropes together" "Link arms" Used in print (Hugh Kelly and Ted Ziehe, "Glossary Lookup Made Easy"...)If cell * * f is an information cell , it and any information cells in the Y-region that have been linked to * * f each contain an address in the W-region where a potentially matching form is stored . Related terms disconnect attach join join bond bridge hang_together tee put_through daisy-chain hitch tie ground interconnect connection linkage |
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[ verb ] be or become joined or united or linked
Examples "The two streets connect to become a highway" "Our paths joined" "The travelers linked up again at the airport" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor...)But it was something to have seen it floating down through the early morning sunshine , linking the_blue of the sky with the_blue of the asters by the lake . Related terms intercommunicate complect syndicate union articulation linkage |
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[ noun ] the state of being connected
Synonyms Examples "the connection between church and state is inescapable" Related terms disjunction union coherence contact interconnection concatenation lifeline relate |
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[ noun ] a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
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[ noun ] a channel for communication between groups
Synonyms Examples "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" |
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[ noun ] (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
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[ noun ] (telecommunications) a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1605
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