interconnection

American  

[in-ter-kuh-nek-shuhn] / ˌɪn tər kəˈnɛk ʃən /

noun

1. the fact or state of being connected or linked with one another.

   The international think tank is dedicated to building a greater understanding of the interconnection between business, peace, and economics.

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Etymology

Origin of interconnection

inter- ( def. ) + connection ( def. )

Example Sentences

“The writing has been on the wall for coal for a while. There are a lot of incentives to build renewables, and really only delays with interconnections are really holding them back.”

From Scientific American

Similarly, preserving brain cells while they are healthy is far more feasible than attempting to regenerate them after they and their myriad interconnections have been lost.

From Los Angeles Times

Long waits for transmission interconnection have slowed efforts to ease wild pricing and tight power supply in some markets, and hobbled the progress of big solar and wind projects that need access to end-users.

From Reuters

They examined genome data from 290 people, mostly from four geographically and genetically diverse African peoples, to trace the similarities and differences between the populations and identify genetic interconnections over hundreds of thousands of years.

From Reuters

Melrose, which makes airframe and engine structures and electrical interconnection systems for the aerospace industry, said last week it had decided to continue as a pure-play aerospace firm.

From Reuters

Related Words

• interdependence
• interrelationship
• kinship
• linkage