Before it was the universal word for traveling around the Internet, link was just a connection or a device that connects things, like the links in a chain.
A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
Noun
a fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"
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an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
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a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
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a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
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(computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
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a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
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the means of connection between things linked in series
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a connecting shape
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the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
Verb
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"
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connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
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link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together"
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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"
n.
A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
n.
A single ring or division of a chain.
n.
Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds
together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a
tie; a bond.
n.
Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of
horsehair.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; --
applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
n.
Sausages; -- because linked together.
v. t.
To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to
join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
v. i.
To be connected.
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The link of brotherhood, by which One common Maker bound me to the kind.
And so by double links enchained themselves in lover's life.3.
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All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.
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No one generation could link with the other.
A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
A single ring or division of a chain.
To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
To be connected.
Usage Examples
If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost.
I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results.
I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.
In both children and adults, there can be a hard-to-deny link between a robust sense of hope and either work productivity or academic achievement.
A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational, and economic legacies - all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.
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Other Usage ExamplesAs governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge.
Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection.
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.
But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science.
Badges mean nothing in themselves, but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm, if that girl has won the same badge, it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them.
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