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CONNEXION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
Example:
there was a connection via the internet
Synonyms:
connection; connexion; joining
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):
change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connexion"):
hit (a connection made via the internet to another website)
interconnection ((computer science) the act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.))
intersection (the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path))
approximation; bringing close together (the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue)
concatenation (the act of linking together as in a series or chain)
convergence; convergency; converging (the act of converging (coming closer))
coming upon; encounter (a casual meeting with a person or thing)
articulation (the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible)
adjunction; junction (an act of joining or adjoining things)
attachment; fastening (the act of fastening things together)
Derivation:
connect (join by means of communication equipment)
connect (establish communication with someone)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shifting from one form of transportation to another
Example:
the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta
Synonyms:
connection; connexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)
Derivation:
connect (be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An instrumentality that connects
Example:
he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers
Synonyms:
connecter; connection; connective; connector; connexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):
instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connexion"):
coupling; yoke (a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together)
patch; temporary hookup (a connection intended to be used for a limited time)
line; phone line; subscriber line; telephone circuit; telephone line (a telephone connection)
slip ring (connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts)
conjunction; junction (something that joins or connects)
jumper (a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections)
hookup (a device providing a connection between a power source and a user)
hitch (a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls)
earth; ground (a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage))
backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together)
attachment; bond (a connection that fastens things together)
Derivation:
connect (plug into an outlet)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
Example:
conditioning is a form of learning by association
Synonyms:
association; connection; connexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):
memory; remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connexion"):
colligation (the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis)
Derivation:
connect (make a logical or causal connection)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
Example:
there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare
Synonyms:
connectedness; connection; connexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):
relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
Attribute:
connected (joined or linked together)
unconnected (not joined or linked together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connexion"):
relatedness (a particular manner of connectedness)
relevance; relevancy (the relation of something to the matter at hand)
involvement (a connection of inclusion or containment)
bridge (something resembling a bridge in form or function)
concatenation (the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc)
communication (a connection allowing access between persons or places)
linkage (an associative relation)
alliance; bond (a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest)
series ((electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A connecting shape
Synonyms:
connection; connexion; link
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):
form; shape (the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connexion"):
node (a connecting point at which several lines come together)
articulation; join; joint; junction; juncture (the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made)
Context examples:
In those days there was a side-entrance to the stable-yard of the Golden Cross, the inn so memorable to me in connexion with his misfortune, nearly opposite to where we stood.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But she had believed them to be well-meaning, worthy people before; and what difference did this make in the evils of the connexion?
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking; Lady Dalrymple had taken a house, for three months, in Laura Place, and would be living in style.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Her greatest support and glory was in having formed the connexion with the Rushworths.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
He caught the hand in his, and we stood in that connexion, looking at each other.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
And all the grandeur of the connexion seemed dependent on the elder sister, who was very well married, to a gentleman in a great way, near Bristol, who kept two carriages!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Upon all points of blood and connexion he is a completely altered man.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
She took it, however, as she spoke, and the gratification of having her do so, of feeling such a connexion for the first time, made him a little forgetful of Fanny.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
He was a tearful boy, and broke into such deplorable lamentations, when a cessation of our connexion was hinted at, that we were obliged to keep him.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But the question is not, whether it would be a bad connexion for him, but whether he wishes it; and I think he does.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
