interconnect

[in-ter-kuh-nekt]

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verb (used with object)

to connect with one another.

verb (used without object)

to be or become connected or interrelated.

adjective

Telecommunications.

pertaining to customer-owned equipment that is connected to or has access to the public telephone network.
pertaining to companies that supply equipment to customers: a leading interconnect company.

Origin of interconnect

First recorded in 1860–65; inter- + connect

Related formsin·ter·con·nec·tion, noun

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Related Words for interconnect

compare, associate, pertain, ascribe, link, connect, affect, apply, concern, assign, refer, annex, join, coordinate, yoke, couple, conjoin, unite, credit, bracket

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Historical Examples of interconnect

They often coalesce and interconnect to form mazy patterns of great complexity.
Mazes and Labyrinths
W. H. Matthews
The interconnect cable for an expansion module is provided with that unit.
Radio Shack TRS-80 Expansion Interface: Operator's Manual
Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for interconnect

interconnect

verb (intr often foll by with)

to relate wellpeople I really interconnect with

to be meaningfully or complexly related or joinedthese three strands of thought interconnect

noun

a device that connects things
(as modifier)interconnect cable

Derived Formsinterconnection, noun

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Word Origin and History for interconnect

1863, from inter- + connect. Related: Interconnected; interconnecting; interconnectedness; interconnection.