connection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnɛkʃn̩/
rhymes: -ɛkʃən
Forms: form: connections
form: connexion
form: connex.
Etymology: From Middle English conneccioun, connexioun, conneccyon, conneccion, from Latin connexionem (nominative connexio (“a conclusion, binding together”)), from connectō, an alternative spelling of cōnectō (“I bind together”), from compound of co- (“together”) and nectō (“I bind”).
In American English mid-18c., spelling shifted from connexion to connection (equivalent to connect + -ion), thus making connexion British dated and connection in international use.
Senses: glosses: The act of connecting.
examples: text: the connection between overeating and obesity
text: My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
text: A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal."
ref: 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman:
glosses: The point at which two or more things are connected.
examples: text: As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.
glosses: A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
examples: text: computers linked by a network connection
text: I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection.
text: The Route 4 bus will arrive on 5th St. at Robinson Ave at 3:30. The northbound number 14 is scheduled to arrive on Robinson at 3:31. That means you have to run across the street once you arrive, it's a spot connection.
glosses: An established communications or transportation link.
examples: text: The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.
text: It is kept super-clean by helpful staff who still find the time to help customers with tight connections.
ref: 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 26:
topics: transport
glosses: A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.
glosses: A kinship relationship between people.
examples: text: I have some connections in Lancashire.
glosses: A person related to oneself, through either family or business.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: 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.
glosses: Coherence; lack of disjointedness.
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
examples: text: The exact nature of the relations between the boy-wife and his protector are doubtful; they certainly have connection, but the natives repudiate with horror and disgust the idea of sodomy.
ref: 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):
text: At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse. Male worshippers similarly had connexion with she-goats.
ref: 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 29:
glosses: Sexual intercourse.
examples: text: Now the final study was the drug habit. He was now in New Orleans, slipping along the streets with shady characters and haunting connection bars.
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A drug dealer.
Synonyms: word: bond
word: connection
word: connective
word: connexive
word: link
word: vinculum
Hyponyms: word: articulation
word: hinge
word: junction
word: juncture
word: join
word: pivot
word: bolt
word: clamp
word: clasp
word: clip
word: fastener
word: hasp
word: pin
word: screw
word: staple
word: tie
word: nail
word: nut
word: washer
word: coupling
word: dragbar
word: draglink
word: drawbar
word: drawlink
word: bridge
word: stepping-stone
word: ligament
word: tendon
word: cable
word: chain
word: cord
word: cordage
word: fiber
word: guy
word: hawser
word: line
word: riband
word: ribbon
word: rigging
word: rope
word: strap
word: string
word: twine
word: wire
word: wire rope
Derived terms: word: autoconnection
word: connectional
word: connectionism
word: connectionist
word: connectionless
word: connectionlessness
alt: dysconnection, also archaic inconnection
word: disconnection
word: hyperconnection
word: interconnection
word: intraconnection
word: mind-muscle connection
word: misconnection
word: multiconnection
word: nonconnection
word: paleoconnection
word: reconnection
word: Scott connection
word: superconnection
word: teleconnection
word: unconnection
sense: Expressions
word: back-to-back connection
sense: Expressions
word: clamp connection
sense: Expressions
word: connection string
sense: Expressions
word: delta connection
sense: Expressions
word: French Connection
sense: Expressions
word: Galois connection
sense: Expressions
word: in this connection
sense: Expressions
word: loose connection
sense: Expressions
word: missed connection
Related terms: word: connect
word: connective
word: connectivity
word: connectogram
word: relation