Link

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1. Noun

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

2. Noun

A single ring or division of a chain.

3. Noun

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

Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair.

5. Noun

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

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

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

A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.

9. Noun

Sausages; -- because linked together.

10. Verb

To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.

11. Verb

To be connected.

12. Noun

an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
Vocabulary classified under Physics

13. Noun

(computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
Vocabulary classified under Computing and technology

14. Noun

a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
Vocabulary classified under Geography
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