link¹ /lingk/

1. A ring of a chain, chain mail, etc
2. Anything that connects (also figurative)
3. A unit in a communications system
4. The 1/100th part of the surveyor's chain, 7.92 inches (approx 20cm)
5. A segment or unit in a connected series
6. A winding of a river (Scot)
7. A cuff link
8. A hyperlink (computing)
9. A connection (computing)

(often with up) to connect or join up

1. To be or become connected (often with up)
2. To go arm in arm

linkˈable adjective

linkˈage noun

1. An act or mode of linking
2. The fact of being linked
3. A system of links, a connection
4. A chemical bond
5. Product of magnetic flux by number of coils (elec)
6. A system of lines pivoted together, describing definite curves (mathematics)
7. A tendency of genes, or characters, to be inherited together because the genes are on the same chromosome (biology)

linkˈer noun (computing)

A program enabling two or more different machine-language segments to be treated as a unit

linked list noun (computing)

A list in which each item contains both data and a pointer to the next (and sometimes the previous) item

linked verse noun

A form of Japanese verse alternating three lines of respectively 3, 7 and 5 syllables with two lines of 7 and 7 syllables, different poets supplying succeeding verses

link man noun

A person who provides a connection, eg by passing on information, or by holding together separate items of eg a broadcast programme

linkˈ-moˈtion noun

1. The reversing gear of a steam-engine
2. A system of pieces moving as a linkage

link'span noun

A ramp attached to a pier to assist the loading of vehicles onto ferry-boats

linkˈ-up noun

A connection, union

linkˈwork noun

missing link

1. Any point or fact needed to complete a series or a chain of thought or argument
2. An intermediate form in the evolution of man from his ape ancestors

link⁴ /lingk/ (Scot)

1. To move nimbly
2. To trip along briskly

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