LINK
\lˈɪŋk], \lˈɪŋk], \l_ˈɪ_ŋ_k]\
Definitions of LINK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
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the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
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a connecting shape
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a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
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an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
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a fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"
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a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
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a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
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link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together"
By Princeton University
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connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
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the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
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a connecting shape
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a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
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an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
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a fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"
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a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
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a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
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link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A single ring or division of a chain.
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Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond.
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Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
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To be connected.
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A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank between cultivated fields, etc.
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Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc.
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Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played.
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Sausages; - because linked together.
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A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a winding; a meander; - usually in pl.
By Oddity Software
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A single ring or division of a chain.
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Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond.
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Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
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To be connected.
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A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank between cultivated fields, etc.
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Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc.
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Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played.
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Sausages; - because linked together.
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A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a winding; a meander; - usually in pl.
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A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; - applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
By Noah Webster.
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To be connected.
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A single ring or division of a chain; single part of a connected series; as, a link in a chain of evidence; connection.
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To connect by, or as by, a link.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To be connected.
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Something bent so as to form a joint: a ring of a chain: anything connecting: a single part of a series.
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To connect as by a link: to join in confederacy; to unite in a series.
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A light or torch of pitch and tow.
By Daniel Lyons
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Any component of a web page that connects to another web page or another portion of the same web page. Clicking on underlined text or a graphic image activates most links. For example, if a user clicks on the words Financial Calculator or an image of a calculator, the user will be transported to a page that contains a calculator. Links are sometimes called "hyperlinks."
By Oddity Software
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Swedish] A single ring or division of a chain;— any thing doubled and closed like a link;— any intermediate rod or piece transmitting motive power from one part of a machine to another any thing connecting; hence, any constituent part of a connected series.
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n. [Latin] A torch made of tow and pitch.
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