connector
English
noun
Definitions
- One who connects.
- A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.
- A highway or freeway road which connects to another highway or freeway. It can be part of an interchange or a longer roadway such as the 1.5 mile (2.5 kilometer) .S. Route 24 Connector (Taylor, Michigan)|U.S. Route 24 Connector.
- (computing) A line connecting two shapes in presentation software.
- (computing) A software component that provides access from an application program to an external database or data source, such as a JDBC connector.
- (poker) Any of a group of cards of consecutive face value, useful in forming straights etc.
Etymology
Suffix from English connect.
Origin
English
connect
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Euroconnector English
- connect English
- connectability English
- connectable English
- connectance English
- connecter English
- connectible English
- connectin English
- connection English
- connectitude English
- connective English
- connectogram English
- connectology English
- connectome English
- connectorless English
- disconnect English
- interconnect English
- microconnector English
- miniconnector English
- misconnect English
- reconnect English
- unconnect English
- conēctere Latin
- nectere Latin
- conectar Spanish, Castilian