connected
Americanadjective
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united, joined, or linked.
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having a connection.
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joined together in sequence; linked coherently.
connected ideas.
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related by family ties.
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having social or professional relationships, especially with influential or powerful persons.
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Mathematics. pertaining to a set for which no cover exists, consisting of two open sets whose intersections with the given set are disjoint and nonempty.
adjective
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joined or linked together
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(of speech) coherent and intelligible
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logic maths (of a relation) such that either it or its converse holds between any two members of its domain
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They used Mendelian randomization, a statistical method that examines naturally occurring genetic variants connected with risk factors and stroke.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Model Y is, of course, connected out the wazoo, with cellular data, Wi-Fi, ultra-wideband and Bluetooth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Absent a background check, Councilmember Sharon Kwan suggested during this month’s study session that council candidates answer a questionnaire about whether they or any of their family members are connected to a foreign government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle the portion of the case connected to the pirated works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Elegant fountains dotted the property, looped and connected by polished concrete walkways edged with well-manicured landscaping that gave a historic university feel to an otherwise state-of-the-art facility.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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