Link

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Link \Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), n. [Prob. corrupted from lint and this
     for lunt a torch, match, D. lont match; akin to G. lunte, cf.
     MHG. l["u]nden to burn. Cf. {Lunt}, {Linstock}.]
     A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Link \Link\, n. [OE. linke, AS. hlence; akin to Sw. l[aum]nk
     ring of a chain, Dan. l[ae]nke chain, Icel. hlekkr; cf. G.
     gelenk joint, link, ring of a chain, lenken to bend.]
     1. A single ring or division of a chain.
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     2. Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds
        together, or connects, separate things; a part of a
        connected series; a tie; a bond. "Links of iron." --Shak.
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              The link of brotherhood, by which
              One common Maker bound me to the kind. --Cowper.
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              And so by double links enchained themselves in
              lover's life.                         --Gascoigne.
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     3. Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of
        horsehair. --Mortimer.
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     4. (Kinematics) 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.
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     5. (Mach.) 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.
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     6. (Surveying) 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.
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     7. (Chem.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between
        atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or
        attraction.
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     8. pl. Sausages; -- because linked together. [Colloq.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Link \Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), n. [See {Linch}.]
     1. A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank
        between cultivated fields, etc. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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     2. A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a
        winding; a meander; -- usually in pl. [Scot.]
  
              The windings or "links" of the Forth above and below
              Stirling are extremely tortuous.      --Encyc. Brit.
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     3. pl. Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating
        land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc.
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              Golf may be played on any park or common, but its
              original home is the "links" or common land which is
              found by the seashore, where the short close tuft,
              the sandy subsoil, and the many natural obstacles in
              the shape of bents, whins, sand holes, and banks,
              supply the conditions which are essential to the
              proper pursuit of the game.           --Encyc. of
                                                    Sport.
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     4. pl. Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played;
        a golf course.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Link \Link\, v. i.
     To be connected.
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           No one generation could link with the other. --Burke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Link \Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Linked}
     (l[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Linking}.]
     To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join;
     to attach; to unite; to couple.
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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.
                                                    --Eustace.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  link
       n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series
            [syn: {nexus}]
       2: a fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held
          together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during
          construction" [syn: {linkup}, {tie}, {tie-in}]
       3: the state of being connected; "the connection between church
          and state is inescapable" [syn: {connection}, {connectedness}]
          [ant: {disjunction}]
       4: a connecting shape [syn: {connection}, {connexion}]
       5: a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
       6: (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a
          program or an element on a list to another program or list
       7: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a
          liaison with the guerrillas" [syn: {liaison}, {contact}, {inter-group
          communication}]
       8: a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave);
          part of a more extensive telecommunication network [syn: {radio
          link}]
       9: an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for
          the purpose of transmitting and receiving data [syn: {data
          link}]
       v 1: 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" [syn: {associate},
             {tie in}, {relate}, {colligate}, {link up}, {connect}]
            [ant: {decouple}]
       2: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can
          you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes
          together"; "Link arms" [syn: {connect}, {tie}, {link up}]
          [ant: {disconnect}]
       3: 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" [syn: {connect},
           {link up}, {join}, {unite}]
       4: link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" [syn:
          {yoke}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  245 Moby Thesaurus words for "link":
     accord, accouple, accumulate, addition, adjunct, affairs,
     affiliation, affinity, agent, agglutinate, alliance, ally, amass,
     ankle, appendage, apply, approximation, arm, articulate,
     articulation, assemblage, assemble, associate, association, band,
     be continuous, bind, bond, bough, boundary, bracket, branch,
     bridge, bridge over, broker, bunch, bunch up, butt, catenate,
     cement, cervix, chain, clap together, clinch, closeness, closure,
     clot, cluster, collect, combination, combine, come together,
     component, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, congregate,
     conjoin, conjugate, connect, connect up, connectedness,
     connecting link, connecting rod, connection, connector,
     constituent, contiguity, continuate, continue, contrariety,
     converge, copulate, correlate, couple, coupling, cover, cresset,
     crowd, date, dealings, deduction, disjunction, distributor,
     dovetail, draw a parallel, elbow, element, embrace, encompass,
     equate, filiation, flambeau, flaming torch, flare, flock together,
     flow together, forgather, form a series, fuse, fusee, gang around,
     gang up, gather, gather around, gliding joint, glue, go-between,
     hand, herd together, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hive, homology,
     horde, huddle, identify, identify with, imp, include, intercourse,
     interdependence, interface, intermediary, intermedium, interrelate,
     intimacy, jobber, join, joining, joint, junction, juncture, knee,
     knot, knuckle, lay together, league, leg, liaison, ligament,
     ligature, limb, link up, linkage, linking, lobe, lobule,
     lump together, maintain continuity, marry, marshal, mass, mediary,
     mediator, medium, meet, member, merge, middleman, mill, miter,
     mobilize, mortise, muster, mutual attraction, nearness, neck,
     nexus, offshoot, organ, pair, parallel, parallelize,
     piece together, pinion, pivot, pivot joint, propinquity, proximity,
     put together, rabbet, rally, rally around, ramification, rapport,
     relate, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, relativize,
     rendezvous, roll into one, run on, runner, scarf, scion, seam,
     seethe, shoulder, signal flare, similarity, solder, span, splice,
     spray, sprig, spur, stick together, stitch, stream, string,
     string together, surge, suture, swarm, switch, sympathy, symphysis,
     tail, take in, tape, tendril, thread, throng, tie, tie rod, tie-in,
     tie-up, toggle, toggle joint, torch, twig, unify, union, unite,
     vinculum, wed, weld, wholesaler, wing, wrist, yoke
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  link
       
          1.  {hard link} or {symbolic link}.
       
          2.  {hyperlink}.
       
          (1997-10-22)