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INTERCONNECT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to be interconnected or interwoven

Synonyms:

interconnect; interlink

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "interconnect" is one way to...):

connect; link; link up; tie (connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

interconnection ((computer science) the act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be interwoven or interconnected

Example:

The bones are interconnected via the muscle

Synonyms:

complect; interconnect; interlink

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "interconnect" is one way to...):

connect; join; link; link up; unite (be or become joined or united or linked)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interconnect"):

intercommunicate (be interconnected, afford passage)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

interconnection (a state of being connected reciprocally)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A ligament running the length of the anterior surface of the spinal column and thereby interconnects all the vertebral bodies.

(Anterior Longitudinal Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)

Is an organ that constitutes an anatomical junction; it consists of two or more adjacent bones, parts of which are interconnected by organ parts that consist of various types of connective tissue.

(Joint, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)

He said one of the key challenges of a flexible harvester is to connect thermoelectric elements in series using reliable, low-resistivity interconnects.

(Flexible Wearable Electronics Use Body Heat for Energy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The algorithm was derived in analogy to the way the densely interconnected, parallel structure of the brain processes information.

(Neural Network, NCI Thesaurus)

“Although addiction is a brain disease, this discovery underscores how the body’s complex functions are exquisitely interconnected, revealing the need for integrated and innovative research.”

(Nicotine addiction linked to diabetes through a DNA-regulating gene in animal models, National Institutes of Health)

Is a subdivision of the peripheral nervous system (organ system subdivision), which consists of subdivisions of two or more nerves, which are interconnected with one another to form an network through which nerve fibers of the constituent nerves of the plexus become regrouped; together with other nerve plexuses and nerves, it constitutes the peripheral nervous system.

(Nerve Plexus, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)

The bodily system of organs and tissues, primarily the bone marrow, spleen, tonsils, and lymph nodes, involved in the production of blood considered together with the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body.

(Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System, NCI Thesaurus)

Consisting of separate interconnected parts.

(Composite, NCI Thesaurus)

Physicians have been taught for decades to consider AKI and CKD as separate, but our study shows that we have to approach the two diseases as interconnected, said lead author Paul Kimmel, M.D.. When people have chronic kidney disease, their doctors should be on the lookout for acute kidney injury.

(Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease each a risk of the other, NIH)

Cytoskeletal Synthesis Inhibition consists of interference with, or restraint of, the activities of enzymes involved in the formation of the protein scaffolding network of filaments, tubules, and interconnecting filamentous bridges that give shape, structure, and organization to the cytoplasm and a cell its shape.

(Cytoskeletal Synthesis Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)