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fixed link

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noun

  1. a permanent transport link, esp a bridge, between two geographical areas separated by water

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It's not just the Northern Isles which are considering fixed link solutions.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

The bridge, which connects Crimea’s eastern extremity with Russia’s Krasnodar region, provides the only fixed link that steers clear of the disputed territory.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2023

On the other, voters often move, breaking the fixed link between their registration and their residence.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2023

In addition to the fixed link between Scotland and Northern Ireland and improving road and rail links to Scotland, it will look at:

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2020

He was first to recognize that the fixed link of a mechanism was kinematically the same as the movable links.

From Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt by Eugene S. Ferguson

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