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Connection

noun

A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it). Synonyms: connectedness, connexion. Antonym: unconnectedness.

The state of being connected. Synonyms: connectedness, link. Antonym: disconnectedness.

An instrumentality that connects. Synonyms: connecter, connective, connector, connexion. "He didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"

(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship).

The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination. Synonyms: association, connexion.

A connecting shape. Synonyms: connexion, link.

A supplier (especially of narcotics).

Shifting from one form of transportation to another. Synonym: connexion.

The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication). Synonyms: connexion, joining. "There was a connection via the internet"

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... purchased at Hull, the old port of Cook's boyhood dreams. To secure the good will of the crews, two months' wages were paid in advance. Captain Clerke commanded the Discovery; and the two crews numbered men of whom the world was to hear more in connection with the northwest coast of America—a young midshipman, Vancouver, whose doings were yet to checkmate Spain; a young American, corporal {182} of marines, Ledyard, who was to have his brush with Russia; and other ambitious young seamen destined to become famous ...

— Vikings of the Pacific - The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward • Agnes C. Laut

... them. Round up enough of the men to locate the trouble with the gravity pads; there's a reversed connection somewhere. But don't let them make the repairs until the signal is given. Otherwise, we'll all fall on our heads again. Mr. Correy and I will ...

— Astounding Stories, April, 1931 • Various

... fineness of Merino combing wools. These distinctions naturally overlap according to the opinion of the parties in transactions. Picklock XXX and XX represent the highest grades of clothing wool, the grade next lower being X, and then Nos. 1 and 2. These again are used in connection with the locality from which the wool is grown, as Ohio XX, Michigan X, New ...

— Textiles • William H. Dooley

... or hear, the connection a little later on," answered Tom. "Quick, shell out and I'll promise you your money's worth, or return the ...

— The Rover Boys at School • Arthur M. Winfield

... the least credit. Consuming with hate and a desire for revenge, this was the reason he ascribed to the evil-minded Pope for dissolving the marriage. Thus the suspicion he let drop became a rumor, and the rumor ultimately crystallized into a belief. In this connection, however, it is worthy of note that Guido Posthumus, Sforza's faithful retainer, who in epigrams revenged himself on Alexander for his master's disgrace, neither mentions this suspicion nor ...

— Lucretia Borgia - According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day • Ferdinand Gregorovius

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