linked
[lingkt]
- (of a gene) exhibiting linkage.
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Origin of linked
link1
[lingk]
- one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
- anything serving to connect one part or thing with another; a bond or tie: The locket was a link with the past.
- a unit in a communications system, as a radio relay station or a television booster station.
- any of a series of sausages in a chain.
- a cuff link.
- a ring, loop, or the like: a link of hair.
- Computers. an object, as text or graphics, linked through hypertext to a document, another object, etc.
- Surveying, Civil Engineering.
- (in a surveyor's chain) a unit of length equal to 7.92 inches (20.12 centimeters).
- one of 100 rods or loops of equal length forming a surveyor's or engineer's chain.
- Chemistry. bond1(def 15).
- Machinery. a rigid, movable piece or rod, connected with other parts by means of pivots or the like, for the purpose of transmitting motion.
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- to join by or as if by a link or links; connect; unite (often followed by up): The new bridge will link the island to the mainland. The company will soon link up with a hotel chain.
- Computers.
- to create links in or to a Web page or electronic document: The page is linked to my online store.
- to have links to a Web page or electronic document: The essay links to three of my published articles.
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Origin of link1
1375–1425; late Middle English link(e) < Old Danish lænkia chain; cognate with Old Norse hlekkr link (plural, chain), Old English hlence coat of chain mail, akin to German Gelenk joint
Synonyms
See more synonyms for link on Thesaurus.com2. connection, connective. 10. bond, league, conjoin, fasten, bind, tie, pin.
Synonym study
2. See bond1.
Word story
7, 12b. See Internet.
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Examples from the Web for linked
Contemporary Examples
Disordered eating is also linked to higher rates of depression and anxiety, both in the present and in the future.
But most likely it was linked to the way priests identify with the poor in the face of government and criminal abuses.
Apart from the video, the Saraya Al-Khorasani group has made no official declaration that it is linked to Taghavi.
Mistletoes on mesquite trees in central Mexico have been linked to a greater abundance of tropical bird species.
So Rhoxane could be the “queen” that local nomenclature has linked to the site.
Historical Examples
"This is what I call a rescue," whispered Yates to his linked companion.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
They were as if linked together, parted merely by the narrowest of passages.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
The problems of love are linked on to the needs of the race.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
The problems of our individual loves are linked on to the racial life.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
He traced it all to Emilio, and was hot with a curiosity that was linked closely with his passion.
A Spirit in PrisonRobert Hichens
link1
- any of the separate rings, loops, or pieces that connect or make up a chain
- something that resembles such a ring, loop, or piece
- a road, rail, air, or sea connection, as between two main routes
- a connecting part or episode
- a connecting piece in a mechanism, often having pivoted ends
- Also called: radio link a system of transmitters and receivers that connect two locations by means of radio and television signals
- a unit of length equal to one hundredth of a chain. 1 link of a Gunter's chain is equal to 7.92 inches, and of an engineer's chain to 1 foot
- computing short for hyperlink
- weak link an unreliable person or thing within an organization or system
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- (often foll by up) to connect or be connected with or as if with links
- (tr) to connect by association, etc
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Word Origin
C14: from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse hlekkr link
link2
- (formerly) a torch used to light dark streets
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Word Origin
C16: perhaps from Latin lychnus, from Greek lukhnos lamp
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Word Origin and History for linked
link
n.2
"torch," 1520s, of uncertain origin, possibly from Medieval Latin linchinus, from lichinus "wick," from Greek lykhnos "portable light, lamp."
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link
v.
"bind, fasten, to couple," late 14c., believed to be from link (n.), though it is attested earlier. Related: Linked; linking.
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link
n.
early 15c., "one of a series of rings or loops which form a chain; section of a cord," probably from Old Norse *hlenkr or a similar Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse hlekkr "link," Old Swedish lænker "chain, link," Norwegian lenke, Danish lænke), from Proto-Germanic *khlink- (cf. German lenken "to bend, turn, lead," gelenk "articulation, joint, link," Old English hlencan (plural) "armor"), from PIE root *kleng- "to bend, turn." Missing link between man and apes dates to 1880.
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linked
(lĭngkt)- Exhibiting linkage.
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link
[lĭngk]
- A segment of text or a graphical item that serves as a cross-reference between parts of a webpage or other hypertext documents or between webpages or other hypertext documents.
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