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Definitions for Links

[1] golf course.
[2] one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
[3] anything serving to connect one part or thing with another; a bond or tie: The locket was a link with the past.
[4] a unit in a communications system, as a radio relay station or a television booster station.
[5] any of a series of sausages in a chain.
[6] a cuff link.
[7] a ring, loop, or the like: a link of hair.
[8] Computers . an object, as text or graphics, linked through hypertext to a document, another object, etc.
[9] 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.
[10] Chemistry . bond1(def 15) .
[11] Machinery . a rigid, movable piece or rod, connected with other parts by means of pivots or the like, for the purpose of transmitting motion.
[12] 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.
[13] 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.
[14] a torch, especially of tow and pitch.
[15] short for golf links (as modifier ) a links course
[16] mainly Scot undulating sandy ground near the shore
[17] any of the separate rings, loops, or pieces that connect or make up a chain
[18] something that resembles such a ring, loop, or piece
[19] a road, rail, air, or sea connection, as between two main routes
[20] a connecting part or episode
[21] a connecting piece in a mechanism, often having pivoted ends
[22] Also called: radio link a system of transmitters and receivers that connect two locations by means of radio and television signals
[23] 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
[24] computing short for hyperlink
[25] weak link an unreliable person or thing within an organization or system
[26] (often foll by up) to connect or be connected with or as if with links
[27] (tr) to connect by association, etc
[28] (formerly) a torch used to light dark streets

Words related to Links

network, relationship, hookup, element, contact, channel, tie, association, join, associate, relate, unite, attach, combine, identify, bind, knot, nexus, hitch, seam

Words nearby Links

linker, linking r, linking verb, linkman, linkrot, links, linksman, linkup, linkwork, linköping, linlithgow

Origin of Links

21520–30; perhaps special use of link1; the torches so called may have been made of strands twisted together in chainlike form

Words that may be confused with Links

links, lynx

Other words from Links

link·er , noun

Word origin for Links

C16: perhaps from Latin lychnus, from Greek lukhnos lamp

Synonyms for Links

association, channel, contact, element, hookup, network, relationship, tie, articulation, attachment, bond, connective, constituent, copula, coupler, coupling, division, fastening, hitch, in, interconnection, interface, intersection, joining, joint, junction, knot, ligament, ligation, ligature, loop, member, nexus, part, piece, ring, seam, section, splice, tie-up, weld, yoke, vinculum