interconnect

American  

[in-ter-kuh-nekt] / ˌɪn tər kəˈnɛkt /

verb (used with object)

1. to connect with one another.

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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 British  

/ 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

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noun

1. 1. a device that connects things

   2. ( as modifier )

      interconnect cable

Other Word Forms

• interconnection noun

Etymology

Origin of interconnect

First recorded in 1860–65; inter- + connect

Example Sentences

They may have traveled along the coastlines of interconnected supercontinents during the first two million years of the Age of Dinosaurs.

From Science Daily

"Continental mantle earthquakes might be part of an inherently interconnected earthquake cycle, both from the crust and also the upper mantle," said Wang.

From Science Daily

This told investors in large or interconnected institutions that they can expect a rescue, even on deposits that are technically uninsured.

From Barron's

The 3D images told a very different story, revealing a thick and interconnected network of nerves woven throughout the lesions and wrapped around the myCAFs.

From Science Daily

"The world is in peril. And not just from AI, or bioweapons, but from a whole series of interconnected crises unfolding in this very moment," Sharma wrote.

From BBC

Related Words

• affect
• apply
• ascribe
• assign
• associate
• compare
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• link
• pertain
• refer