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Another word for nexus

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Noun

  1. That which unites or binds

      1. Something that connects or joins together; a bond or tie.
      2. (Electronics) A series of two or more magnetic recording heads fastened securely together for playing or recording on more than one track simultaneously.
      3. A wooden frame or bar with loops or bows at either end, fitted around the necks of a pair of oxen, etc. for harnessing them together
      1. (Math.) A line drawn over two or more terms of a compound quantity to show that they are to be treated together (Ex.: a − x + y)
      2. (Anat.) A band or connecting fold
      3. That which binds; bond; tie
      1. Something that connects, binds, or joins; bond; link
      2. One of the timbers or slabs of concrete laid across a railroad bed to support the rails.
      3. A string, lace, cord, etc. used to tie things
      1. (Computers) A graphical item or segment of text in a webpage or other electronic document that, when clicked, causes another webpage or section of the same webpage to be displayed:
      2. A connecting element; a tie or bond:
      3. Cuff link
      1. A curved line connecting such letters in writing
      2. A thing used in tying or binding together
      3. (Music) A group of notes intended to be played or sung as one phrase.
      1. (Anatomy) A sheet or band of tough, fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages at a joint or supporting an organ.
      2. A bond or tie connecting one thing with another
      3. A unifying or connecting tie or bond.
      1. A decorative bow of ribbon, fabric, or braid.
      2. The round, often darker cross section of such a lump as it appears on a piece of cut lumber.
      3. An ornamental bow of ribbon or twist of braid; cockade; epaulet
      1. A substance or device, as glue, solder, or a chain, which holds things together or unites them
      2. (Masonry) The way in which bricks, stones, etc. are lapped upon one another in building
      3. A uniting force or tie; a link:
    See also:

    connect

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Sentence Examples

  • There is a nexus between each leading group of social phenomena and other leading groups; if there is a change in one of them, that change is accompanied by a corresponding modification of all the rest.

  • 3, 23.2), who holds that the nexus feudalis is consistent with summum imperium.

  • It seems, especially in the case of the nexus between certain neurons, that the influence, loss of which endangers nutrition, is associated with the occurrence of something more than merely the nervous impulses awakened from time to time in the leading nerve cell.

  • The only possible consonantal nexus in purely Malay words is that of a nasal and mute, a liquid and mute and vice versa, and a liquid and nasal.

  • In that year the Gotha line expired, and a general redistribution of the lands of the " Nexus Gothanus," as this group of duchies was called, was arranged on the 12th of November 1826.

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