interconnect

[ in-ter-kuh-nekt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to connect with one another.

verb (used without object)

1. to be or become connected or interrelated.

adjective

1. Telecommunications.
   1. pertaining to customer-owned equipment that is connected to or has access to the public telephone network.
   2. pertaining to companies that supply equipment to customers:

      a leading interconnect company.

interconnect

/ ˌɪntəkəˈnɛkt /

verb

1. to relate well

   people I really interconnect with

2. to be meaningfully or complexly related or joined

   these three strands of thought interconnect

noun

1. 1. a device that connects things
   2. ( as modifier )

      interconnect cable

Derived Forms

• ˌinterconˈnection, noun

Other Words From

• in·ter·con·nec·tion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interconnect¹

First recorded in 1860–65; inter- + connect

Example Sentences

Large squarish lateral intercalary blotches of darker brown interconnect with the dorsal blotches.

From Project Gutenberg

The interconnect cable for an expansion module is provided with that unit.

From Project Gutenberg

They often coalesce and interconnect to form mazy patterns of great complexity.

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Related Words

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• refer