单词 | connected |
释义 | connectedadj. 1. Conjoined; fastened or linked together. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adjective] colligate1471 copulate?a1475 connect1578 connexed1614 connex1653 connected1712 1712 R. Blackmore Creation i. 41 The Waves, which roll Connected in their flight. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 15 Onward..The firm connected bulwark seems to go. 2. Joined together in order or sequence (as words or ideas); hence, exhibiting proper sequence and coherence of thought. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adjective] > in proper sequence well-connected?1663 connected1816 continuative1865 catenateda1876 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adjective] logic1581 logical1588 consequential1659 consecutive1755 connected1816 consequent1849 sequential1853 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adjective] > coherent coherent1580 connected1816 1816 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. (ed. 3) I. ii. ix. 193 When a discourse is not well connected, the sentiments, however just, are easily forgotten. 1846 J. S. Mill (title) A system of logic..being a connected view of the principles of evidence. 1891 N.E.D. at Connected Mod. He was too much excited for connected thought. 3. Related, associated (in nature or idea). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > related or connected fastOE of kin1486 akin1548 alliant1551 consortinga1592 kin1600 conjugate1605 consanguineousa1616 social1620 related1623 relatea1627 connex1653 cognate1655 agnate1686 contiguous1770 connected1789 allied1794 adjoining1869 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. Pref. Two parallel and connected systems running on together. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. iii. 102 It includes important associations, and suggests connected thoughts. 4. Of persons: Related by ties of family, intimacy, common aims, etc.well connected: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > related or connected > of persons connected1817 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] aristocratic1596 select1602 qualified1604 patrician?1614 classical1629 aristocratical1742 ruffle-shirted1805 connected1817 thoroughbred1821 upper1825 eupatrid1833 optimate1846 classy1870 silver-tailed1890 upper-bracket1945 upscale1966 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iv. 459 A closely connected friend of his own. 1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 422 Yet they are fairly descended, they give you to know, well connected. 5. Mathematics and Logic. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [adjective] > of sets tantipartite1858 connected1893 measurable1901 ordered1901 well-ordered1901 null1903 empty1905 closed1909 orthonormal1928 matroid1935 recursively enumerable1936 simple1936 disjoint1937 partially ordered1941 1893 A. R. Forsyth Theory Functions Complex Variable §158 A surface is said to be connected when, from any point of it to any other point of it, a continuous line can be drawn without passing out of the surface. 1903 B. Russell Princ. Math. xxiv. 202 We need a further condition, which may be expressed by saying that the collection must be connected... For the present we may content ourselves by saying that our collection is connected when, given any two of its terms, there is a certain finite number (not necessarily unique) of steps from one term to the next, by which we can pass from one of our two terms to the other. When this condition is fulfilled, we are assured that, of any three terms of our collection, one must be between the other two. 1918 O. Veblen & J. W. Young Projective Geom. II. §155 A set of points is said to be connected if and only if any two points of the set are joined by a curve consisting entirely of points of the set. 1941 O. Helmer tr. A. Tarski Introd. Logic v. 94 If the relation R subsists between two arbitrary distinct elements of K in at least one direction, the relation is called ‘connected in the class K’. 1957 P. Suppes Introd. to Logic x. 216 The relation of being a mother is not connected in the set of people. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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