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Definitions for Linking

[1] one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
[2] anything serving to connect one part or thing with another; a bond or tie: The locket was a link with the past.
[3] a unit in a communications system, as a radio relay station or a television booster station.
[4] any of a series of sausages in a chain.
[5] a cuff link.
[6] a ring, loop, or the like: a link of hair.
[7] Computers . an object, as text or graphics, linked through hypertext to a document, another object, etc.
[8] Surveying , Civil Engineering . (in a surveyor's chain) a unit of length equal to 7.92 inches (20.12 centimeters). one of 100 rods or loops of equal length forming a surveyor's or engineer's chain.
[9] Chemistry . bond1(def 15) .
[10] Machinery . a rigid, movable piece or rod, connected with other parts by means of pivots or the like, for the purpose of transmitting motion.
[11] to join by or as if by a link or links; connect; unite (often followed by up ): The new bridge will link the island to the mainland. The company will soon link up with a hotel chain.
[12] Computers . to create links in or to a Web page or electronic document: The page is linked to my online store. to have links to a Web page or electronic document: The essay links to three of my published articles.
[13] computing a program that adjusts two or more machine-language program segments so that they may be simultaneously loaded and executed as a unit
[14] (in systemic grammar) a word that links one word, phrase, sentence, or clause to another; a co-ordinating conjunction or a sentence connector Compare binder (def. 11)
[15] any of the separate rings, loops, or pieces that connect or make up a chain
[16] something that resembles such a ring, loop, or piece
[17] a road, rail, air, or sea connection, as between two main routes
[18] a connecting part or episode
[19] a connecting piece in a mechanism, often having pivoted ends
[20] Also called: radio link a system of transmitters and receivers that connect two locations by means of radio and television signals
[21] a unit of length equal to one hundredth of a chain. 1 link of a Gunter's chain is equal to 7.92 inches, and of an engineer's chain to 1 foot
[22] computing short for hyperlink
[23] weak link an unreliable person or thing within an organization or system
[24] (often foll by up) to connect or be connected with or as if with links
[25] (tr) to connect by association, etc
[26] (formerly) a torch used to light dark streets

Words nearby Linking

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Origin of Linking

11375–1425; late Middle English link(e ) < Old Danish lænkia chain; cognate with Old Norse hlekkr link (plural, chain), Old English hlence coat of chain mail, akin to German Gelenk joint

Other words from Linking

link·er , noun

Word origin for Linking

C16: perhaps from Latin lychnus, from Greek lukhnos lamp

Synonyms for Linking

associating, combining, coupling, joining