Link vs. Connection
Linknoun
A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
Linknoun
One element of a chain or other connected series.
Linknoun
(computing) The connection between buses or systems.
Linknoun
(mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
Linknoun
(Sussex) a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
Linknoun
(figurative) an individual person or element in a system
Linknoun
Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
Linknoun
A sausage that is not a patty.
Linknoun
(kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
Linknoun
(engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
Linknoun
(surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
Linknoun
(chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
Linknoun
(plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
Linknoun
(obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.
Linkverb
(transitive) To connect two or more things.
Linkverb
To contain a hyperlink to another page.
Linkverb
To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
Linkverb
To post a hyperlink to.
Linkverb
(transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between two things.
Linkverb
(compilation) To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
Linkverb
To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly. en
Linknoun
A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
Linknoun
A single ring or division of a chain.
Linknoun
Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond.
Linknoun
Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair.
Linknoun
Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
Linknoun
Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
Linknoun
The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4.
Linknoun
A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; - applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
Linknoun
Sausages; - because linked together.
Linknoun
A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank between cultivated fields, etc.
Linknoun
A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a winding; a meander; - usually in pl.
Linknoun
Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc.
Linknoun
Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played; a golf course.
Linkverb
To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
Linkverb
To be connected.
Linknoun
the means of connection between things linked in series
Linknoun
a fastener that serves to join or link;
Linknoun
the state of being connected;
Linknoun
a connecting shape
Linknoun
a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
Linknoun
(computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
Linknoun
a channel for communication between groups;
Linknoun
a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
Linknoun
an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
Linkverb
make a logical or causal connection;
Linkverb
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces;
Linkverb
be or become joined or united or linked;
Linkverb
link with or as with a yoke;
Connectionnoun
(uncountable) The act of connecting.
Connectionnoun
The point at which two or more things are connected.
Connectionnoun
A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
Connectionnoun
An established communications or transportation link.
Connectionnoun
(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
Connectionnoun
A kinship relationship between people.
Connectionnoun
An individual who is related to oneself.
Connectionnoun
A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
Connectionnoun
; lack of disjointedness
Connectionnoun
The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union; as, the connection between church and state is inescapable; the connection of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter.
Connectionnoun
That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
Connectionnoun
any relationship between things or events; association; alliance; as, a causal connection between interest rates and stock prices.
Connectionnoun
A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; - used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
Connectionnoun
The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.
Connectionnoun
something that connects other objects.
Connectionnoun
usually plural) an acquaintance or acquaintances who are influential or in a position of power and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); as, he has powerful connections.
Connectionnoun
a communications channel; as, my cell phone had a bad connection.
Connectionnoun
a vehicle in which one may continue a journey after debarking from another vehicle; the departing vehicle of a connection{9}; as, my connection leaves four hours after my arrival; I missed my connection.
Connectionnoun
the scheduled arrival of one vehicle and departure of a second, sufficiently close in time and place to allow the departing vehicle serve as a means of continuing a journey begun or continued in the first vehicle; as, we can get a connection at Newark to continue on to Paris; - most commonly used of airplanes, trains, and buses arriving and departing at the same terminal.
Connectionnoun
the transfer of a passenger from one vehicle to another to continue a journey; as, the connection was made in Copenhagen; - most commonly of scheduled transportation on common carriers.
Connectionnoun
a vendor who can supply desired materials at a favorable price, or under conditions when other sources are unavailable; as, to get a bargain from one's connection in the jewelry trade; to have connections for the purchase of marijuana; - often used in the pl..
Connectionnoun
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
Connectionnoun
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it);
Connectionnoun
the state of being connected;
Connectionnoun
an instrumentality that connects;
Connectionnoun
(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship);
Connectionnoun
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;
Connectionnoun
a connecting shape
Connectionnoun
a supplier (especially of narcotics)
Connectionnoun
shifting from one form of transportation to another;
Connectionnoun
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication);
