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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Wahl did not specify the threats connected to the teens.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Authorities are also looking into possible commissions and financial flows connected to the case.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Their work provided some of the earliest hints of the infinite particle spectrum later connected to string theory.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
The banks could potentially share proceeds of $1 billion connected to the IPO.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
I connected the two lines and the caller immediately began making plans for the rendezvous of two regiments, a clandestine operation to outskirt the German units near the north of France.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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