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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Connect \Con*nect"\ (k[o^]n*n[e^]kt"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Connected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Connecting}.] [L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See {Annex}.]
1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.
He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all. --Pope.
A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. --Locke.
2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.
3. To establish a communication link; -- used with with; as, his telephone didn't answer, so I connected with him by email. [PJC]
4. To electronically or mechanically link (a device) to another device, or to link a device to a common communication line; -- used with with; as, the installer connected our telephones on Monday; I connected my VCR to the TV set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off valve to my gas line. [PJC]
{Connecting rod} (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
connected \connected\ adjective
1. p. p. of {connect}. [Narrower terms: {abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering(prenominal), conterminous, coterminous, contiguous}] [Narrower terms: {adjunctive}] [Narrower terms: {affined}] [Narrower terms: {attached}] [Narrower terms: {contiguous, in contact}] [Narrower terms: {coupled, joined, linked}] [Narrower terms: {cursive, flowing}] [Narrower terms: {siamese}] [Narrower terms: {socially connected, well-connected}] {unconnected} [WordNet 1.5]
2. being joined in close association.
Syn: affiliated, attached. [WordNet 1.5]
3. connected by a conductor so as to allow the flow of electric signals. [Narrower terms: {wired (vs. wireless)}] WordNet 1.5]
4. (Music) legato. {staccato}
Syn: flowing, smooth. [WordNet 1.5]
5. associated with or accompanying.
Syn: associated. [WordNet 1.5]
6. (Computers) stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer. [Narrower terms: {on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate)}]
Syn: machine-accessible. [WordNet 1.5]
7. switched on. [Narrower terms: {on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate)}]
Syn: ready, on. [WordNet 1.5]
8. having some relation.
Syn: related. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
connected
adjective
1: being joined in close association; "affiliated clubs"; "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities" [syn: {affiliated}, {attached}]
2: joined or linked together [ant: {unconnected}]
3: related to or accompanying; "Christmas and associated festivities" [syn: {associated}]
4: wired together to an alarm system; "all the window alarms are connected"
5: plugged in; "first check to see whether the appliance is connected"
6: stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer [syn: {machine-accessible}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
145 Moby Thesaurus words for "connected": affiliate, affiliated, affinitive, agnate, akin, allied, articulated, assembled, associate, associated, banded together, bound, bracketed, catenated, ceaseless, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, cognate, coherent, collateral, collected, concatenated, congeneric, congenerous, congenial, conjoined, conjugate, connate, connatural, consecutive, consistent, conspecific, constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, copulate, correlated, correlative, coupled, crisp, crystal-clear, crystalline, cyclical, defined, definite, direct, distinct, enate, endless, explicit, express, featureless, gapless, gathered, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, immediate, implicated, incessant, incorporated, integrated, interlinked, interlocked, interminable, interrelated, intimate, involved, joined, jointless, knotted, leagued, limpid, linked, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, matched, mated, merged, monotonous, never-ending, nonstop, of that ilk, of that kind, orderly, paired, parallel, pellucid, perennial, periodic, perspicuous, plain, recurrent, related, repetitive, round-the-clock, running, seamless, sequent, sequential, serial, serried, simple, smooth, spliced, stable, steady, straight, straightforward, tied, tight, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, twenty-four-hour, twinned, unambiguous, unbroken, unceasing, unconfused, undifferentiated, undivided, unending, unequivocal, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, united, univocal, unmistakable, unrelieved, unremitting, unseparated, unstopped, wed, wedded, well-defined, yoked
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