noun
- The means of connection between things linked in series.
- A fastener that serves to join or connect.
- usage: "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"
- The state of being connected.
- usage: "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
- synonyms: connection, link, connectedness
- A connecting shape.
- synonyms: connection, connexion, link
- A unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain.
- synonyms: link
- Computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list.
- synonyms: link
- A channel for communication between groups.
- usage: "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
- synonyms: liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
- A two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network.
- synonyms: radio link, link
- An interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data.
- A golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore.
- synonyms: golf links
verb
- Make a logical or causal connection.
- usage: "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
- Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.
- usage: "Can you connect the two loudspeakers"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
- Be or become joined or united or linked.
- usage: "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"
- Link with or as with a yoke.
- usage: "yoke the oxen together"
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