connection
English
/kəˈnɛkʃən/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The act of connecting.
- The point at which two or more things are connected.
- A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
- An established communications or transportation link.
- (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
- A kinship relationship between people.
- An individual who is related to oneself, through either family or business.
- (mathematics) 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.
- coherence; lack of disjointedness
- (religion) The description for a Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
- sexual intercourse
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English conneccioun derived from Latin connexionem suffix from English connect.
Origin
English
connect
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoconnection English
- connect English
- connectability English
- connectable English
- connectance English
- connecter English
- connectible English
- connectin English
- connectional English
- connectionalism English
- connectionalist English
- connectionally English
- connectionism English
- connectionist English
- connectionless English
- connectionlessness English
- connectitude English
- connective English
- connectogram English
- connectology English
- connectome English
- connector English
- disconnect English
- disconnection English
- dysconnection English
- hyperconnection English
- inconnection English
- interconnect English
- interconnection English
- interconnectional English
- misconnect English
- misconnection English
- multiconnection English
- nonconnection English
- paleoconnection English
- reconnect English
- reconnection English
- superconnection English
- teleconnection English
- unconnect English
- unconnection English
- connexionem Latin
- conēctere Latin
- nectere Latin
- conectar Spanish, Castilian
- conneccioun Middle English
- koneksyon Cebuano
- connect
- connectin
- connector
- unconnect
- connecter
- reconnect
- connectome
- misconnect
- connective
- disconnect
- connectance
- connectible
- connectable
- interconnect
- connectional
- connectology
- reconnection
- inconnection
- connectogram
- connectitude
- unconnection
- connectionism
- disconnection
- nonconnection
- dysconnection
- connectionist
- misconnection
- teleconnection
- autoconnection
- connectionless
- connectability
- connectionally
- superconnection
- interconnection
- connectionalist
- paleoconnection
- connectionalism
- multiconnection
- hyperconnection
- interconnectional
- connectionlessness