Connection
[kəˈnekʃn] or [kə'nɛkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) shifting from one form of transportation to another; 'the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta'.
(noun.) an instrumentality that connects; 'he soldered the connection'; 'he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers'.
(noun.) a supplier (especially of narcotics).
(noun.) (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); 'he has powerful connections'.
(noun.) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); 'there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare'.
(noun.) a connecting shape.
(noun.) the state of being connected; 'the connection between church and state is inescapable'.
Checked by Dolores--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.
(n.) That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.
Editor: Solomon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Union, alliance, junction, association, dependence.[2]. Intercourse, communication, commerce.[3]. Affinity, relationship.[4]. Kinsman, relative, relation, kindred.
Typist: Martha
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Junction, {[con]?}, junction, union, association, concatenation, relation,affinity, relevance, intercourse, communication, Unarm_an, relationship,kindred
ANT:Disconnection, disjunction, dissociation, independence, irrelevance, disunion
Editor: Myra
Examples
- In connection with the adoption of this lubricating system there occurred another instance of his knowledge of materials and intuitive insight into the nature of things. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He never did anything else in connection with Lloyd's that I could find out, except come back again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The effect instantly ceases when the current is interrupted by breaking connection with either pole of the battery. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I had no connection with Bulstrode before I came here. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They are anticipations of some continuity or connection of an activity and a consequence which has not as yet shown itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I see no connection. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Shortly after he had moved to London he had been asked to investigate astringent plants in connection with tanning. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The power and efficiency of a dynamo are increased by employing the devices previously mentioned in connection with the motor. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In this connection a short anecdote may be quoted from Edison as indicative of one of the influences turning his thoughts in this direction. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But an advantageous connection, such as can be formed in consonance with dignity of views and permanency of solid interests, is not so bad--eh? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The only circumstance in connection with them that at all struck me was that the seal lay tidily in the tray with the pencils and the wax. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He is very generally regarded as the founder of modern Socialism; it was in connection with his work that the word socialism first arose (about 1835). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It notes not only that they are connected, but the details of the connection. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Another man who was with us at Menlo Park was Mr. Herman Claudius, an Austrian, who at one time was employed in connection with the State Telegraphs of his country. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One has no more connections here. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He really believed, that were it not for the inferiority of her connections, he should be in some danger. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Bringing these connections or implications to consciousness enhances the meaning of the experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Because I am bound, in the harmless character of a single man, to relieve my married connections of all their own troubles. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The feeder connections were all at the front of the building, and the general voltage control apparatus was on the floor above. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But it does not lead to new perceptions of bearings and connections; it limits rather than widens the meaning-horizon. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- So far from having high connections I have no connections at all, and I come of the scum of the earth. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- By certain changes they made in the thread carrier and connections, they were enabled to make a double looped stitch. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- She has no money, no connections, nothing that can tempt him to--she is lost for ever. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The important thing is that the fact be grasped in its social connections--its function in life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A maximum reading can then be made by manipulating the flexible connections, and this will show whether the two circuits are in accord. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We may approach it, so to speak, from any one of the angles provided by its connections. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- What a character for anybody with decent connections to show himself in! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The outer masonry walls are built around the skeleton frame, as seen in Fig. 236, and the details of connections for the floor members appear in Fig. 237. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In other words, what he learns are connections. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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