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noun
An interconnection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To connect to one another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: anastomose
Antonyms: none provided
verb
cause to be interconnected or interwoven
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: interlink
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: connect, link, tie, link up
verb
be interwoven or interconnected
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: complect, interlink
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: connect, link, link up, join, unite
Narrower terms: intercommunicate
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- 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 interconnect From inter- + connect.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
