noun
Meaning 1
One who connects; a networker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
connector
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /kəˈnɛktɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 3
A highway or freeway road which connects to another highway or freeway. It can be part of an interchange or a longer roadway such as the 1.5 mile (2.5 kilometer) U.S. Route 24 Connector.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: road, transport
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noun
Meaning 4
A line connecting two shapes in presentation software.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A software component that provides access from an application program to an external database or data source, such as a JDBC connector.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
A map which can be defined for a linear connection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
Any of a group of cards of consecutive face value, useful in forming straights etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
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noun
Meaning 8
an instrumentality that connects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he soldered the connection
- he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: connection, connexion, connecter, connective
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: instrumentality, instrumentation
Narrower terms: attachment, bond, backbone, ground, earth, hitch, hookup, jumper, junction, conjunction, slip ring, telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line, temporary hookup, patch, yoke, coupling
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect English -or English connector From connect + -or.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: злуча́льнік (zlučálʹnik) — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Chinese Mandarin: 連接器 /连接器 (liánjiēqì) — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Czech: konektor — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Dutch: connector — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Dutch: verbindingsstuk — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Esperanto: kontaktilo — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Esperanto: konektilo — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Finnish: liitin — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- French: connecteur — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- German: Verbinder — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- German: Verbindungsstecker — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- German: Steckverbinder — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Greek: ζευκτήρας (zefktíras) — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Hebrew: מחבר (makhbar) — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Japanese: 端子 (tanshi) — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Norwegian Bokmål: kobling — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Persian: بستال — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Polish: złącze — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Portuguese: conexão — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Portuguese: conector — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Romanian: conector — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Russian: соеди́нитель (sojedínitelʹ) — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Russian: конне́ктор (konnéktor) — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Spanish: conector — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Swedish: kontaktdon — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Swedish: koppling — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Swedish: skarv — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Swedish: skarvdon — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Swedish: kontakt — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Ukrainian: з'єднувач (zʺjednuvač) — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Ukrainian: коне́ктор (konéktor) — electrical engineering: mating pair of devices
- Swedish: anslutning — road connecting other roads
- Swedish: anslutningsväg — road connecting other roads
- Czech: spojnice — line connecting two shapes
- Esperanto: konektilo — line connecting two shapes
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