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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | middle |
| Synonyms: | center, connection, core, link, network, tie, union |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | binder or fastener |
| Synonyms: | band, binding, chain, connection, cord, fastening, fetter, gunk, handcuff, hookup, irons, ligature, link, linkage, manacle, network, nexus, rope, shackle, stickum, tie, tie-in, wire |
| Main Entry: | concatenation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection, sequence |
| Synonyms: | chain, connecting, continuity, integration, interlocking, link, linking, nexus, series, succession, uniting |
| Antonyms: | interruption |
| Main Entry: | connection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that communicates, relates |
| Synonyms: | affinity, application, association, bearing, bond, commerce, communication, correlation, correspondence, intercourse, interrelation, kinship, link, marriage, nexus, partnership, reciprocity, relation, relationship, relevance, tie-in, togetherness |
| Main Entry: | joint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intersection, juncture |
| Synonyms: | abutment, articulation, bend, bond, bracket, bridge, concourse, confluence, conjuncture, connection, copula, coupling, crux, elbow, hinge, hyphen, impingement, interconnection, junction, knot, link, meeting, nexus, node, point, seam, splice, suture, swivel, tangency, tie, union, vinculum |
| Main Entry: | key |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answer, solution |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, brand, cipher, clue, code, core, crux, cue, earmark, explanation, fulcrum, guide, hinge, index, indicator, interpretation, lead, lever, marker, means, nexus, nucleus, passport, password, pivot, pointer, root, sign, symptom, ticket, translation |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | knot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bow, loop |
| Synonyms: | bond, braid, bunch, coil, connection, contortion, entanglement, gnarl, helix, hitch, joint, kink, ligament, ligature, link, mat, nexus, perplexity, rosette, screw, snag, snarl, spiral, splice, tangle, tie, twirl, twist, vinculum, warp, whirl, whorl, yoke |
| Notes: | a nautical mile is also a geological mile or admiralty mile; a knot is the unit for measuring nautical miles |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | ligature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | link |
| Synonyms: | band, bandage, binding, bond, connection, knot, ligament, nexus, rope, tie, yoke |
| Notes: | two letters joined together like ae is a ligature; printed separately it is called a digraph |
| Main Entry: | link |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | component, connection |
| Synonyms: | articulation, association, attachment, bond, channel, connective, constituent, contact, copula, coupler, coupling, division, element, fastening, hitch, hookup, in, interconnection, interface, intersection, joining, joint, junction, knot, ligament, ligation, ligature, loop, member, network, nexus, part, piece, relationship, ring, seam, section, splice, tie, tie-up, vinculum, weld, yoke |
| Antonyms: | whole |
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