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Definition of 'link'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) link
one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.

2.  link
anything serving to connect one part or thing with another; a bond or tie:
The locket was a link with the past.

3.  link
a unit in a communications system, as a radio relay station.

4.  link
any of a number of connected sausages.

5.  link
a ring, loop, or the like.

6.  link
(in a surveyor's chain) a unit of length equal to 7.92 inches (20.12 centimeters).

7.  link
one of 100 rods or loops of equal length forming a surveyor's or engineer's chain.

8.  link
a rigid, movable piece or rod, connected with other parts by means of pivots or the like, for the purpose of transmitting motion.

9. (v.i.) link
to join by or as if by a link or links; unite (often fol. by up):
The new bridge will link the island to the mainland. The company will soon link up with a hotel chain.

10. (n.) link
a torch, esp. of tow and pitch.

Etymology: (1520–30)

Definition of 'link'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) link, nexus
the means of connection between things linked in series

2. (noun) link, linkup, tie, tie-in
a fastener that serves to join or connect
"the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"

3. (noun) connection, link, connectedness
the state of being connected
"the connection between church and state is inescapable"

4. (noun) connection, connexion, link
a connecting shape

5. (noun) link
a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain

6. (noun) link
(computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

7. (noun) liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
a channel for communication between groups
"he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

8. (noun) radio link, link
a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network

9. (verb) link, data link
an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data

10. (verb) associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
make a logical or causal connection
"I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"

11. (verb) connect, link, tie, link up
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
"Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"

12. (verb) connect, link, link up, join, unite
be or become joined or united or linked
"The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"

13. (verb) yoke, link
link with or as with a yoke
"yoke the oxen together"

Definition of 'link'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) link
to connect or relate people or things to one another
Scientist have linked smoking with lung cancer.

2.  link
to physically join one thing to another thing
a tunnel that would link New England to Long Island

3. (noun) link
a connection or relationship between two things or people
the link between smoking and lung cancer; The city has links with three other southern cities.

4.  link
a picture or line of text on a website that connects you to another web page
Click on the link below for more information.

5.  link
a way in which two places are connected
rail links to other cities; transport links between the two regions

6.  link
one of the parts of a chain
One of the links had been cut.

Definition of 'link'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) link
a torch made of tow and pitch, or the like

2. (noun) link
a single ring or division of a chain

3. (noun) link
hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond

4. (noun) link
anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair

5. (noun) link
any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained

6. (noun) link
any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion

7. (noun) link
the length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4

8. (noun) link
a bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction

9. (noun) link
sausages; -- because linked together

10. (verb) link
to connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple

11. (verb) link
to be connected

Definition of 'link'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. link
1. A behavioral, physical, or functional relationship between nodes. 2. In communications, a general term used to indicate the existence of communications facilities between two points. 3. A maritime route, other than a coastal or transit route, which links any two or more routes. See also node.

Translation of 'link'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a ring of a chain There was a worn link in the chain and it broke; an important link in the chain of the evidence.
Afrikaans: skakel	Arabic: حَلَقَه	Bulgarian: брънка
Brazilian: elo	Czech: článek	German: das (Ketten)Glied
Danish: led	Greek: (συνδετικός) κρίκος	Spanish: eslabón
Estonian: lüli	Farsi: حلقه زنجیر	Finnish: rengas
French: maillon, chaînon	Hebrew: חוּלִיָה	Hindi: कडी़
Croatian: veza	Hungarian: láncszem	Indonesian: mata rantai
Icelandic: hlekkur	Italian: anello, maglia	Japanese: 環
Korean: (사슬의) 고리	Lithuanian: grandis	Latvian: ķēdes posms
Malay: mata rantai	Dutch: schakel	Norwegian: ledd
Polish: ogniwo	Persian: حلقه زنجیر	Pashto: ځنځيرى كړى
Portuguese: elo	Romanian: verigă, za	Russian: звено
Slovak: článok	Slovenian: člen v verigi	Serbian: karika
Swedish: länk	Thai: ข้อลูกโซ่	Turkish: halka, bakla
Taiwanese: 鏈環	Ukrainian: ланка	Urdu: زنجیر کی کڑی
Vietnamese: mắt xích	Chinese: 链环
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