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noun, plural nex·us·es, nex·us.a means of connection; tie; link. a connected series or group. the core or center, as of a matter or situation. Cell Biology. a specialized area of the cell membrane involved in intercellular communication and adhesion. Origin of nexus1655–65; <Latin nexus a binding, joining, fastening, equivalent to nect(ere) to bind, fasten, tie + -tus suffix of v. action, with tt>s Words nearby nexusnext-door, next door to, next friend, next of kin, next to, nexus, Ney, Neyagawa, Nezelof type of thymic alymphoplasia, Nez Percé, Nez Percé War Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nexusAnd in case you missed it, David Frum wrote about the nexus between robots and immigration right here. Does a Robot Need to Be Cute?|Annabelle Gurwitch|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST “We think there should be a nexus between the actual work people are doing and the relevancy of drug abuse,” he says. Are We Addicted to Drug Testing?|Abby Haglage|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST The grapes are grown on steep hillsides in a tiny, remote region situated at the nexus of much more famous regions. The Drink All You Want Holiday Wine|Jordan Salcito|December 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST But if the nexus of social and traditional media can inspire as we saw last year in Tahrir Square, it can also inflame. Is Egypt an Ally of the U.S.?|P.J. Crowley|September 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Google has Android, the Google Play online store, Google Drive cloud storage, and Nexus smartphones. Microsoft’s Tablet Revolution: Surface Marks End of the PC Era|Dan Lyons|June 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST The nexus between them and events was not cause and effect, but magic. Folkways|William Graham Sumner The transaction, as to his part of it, is incomplete, and he is still considered to be nexus. Ancient Law|Sir Henry James Sumner Maine While modern Iranian often retains the nexus with little or no alteration, modern Indo-Aryan prefers to simplify it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various All counting rests upon this nexus of the parts of time; its words merely serve to mark the single steps of the succession. A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith Correlation is a bond, nexus, or connection subsisting between different growths. The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869|Various
British Dictionary definitions for nexus
noun plural nexusa means of connection between members of a group or things in a series; link; bond a connected group or series Word Origin for nexusC17: from Latin: a binding together, from nectere to bind Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to nexuscore, center, union, connection, link, tie, network Medical definitions for nexusThe American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |