linker
Britishnoun
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computing a program that adjusts two or more machine-language program segments so that they may be simultaneously loaded and executed as a unit
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(in systemic grammar) a word that links one word, phrase, sentence, or clause to another; a co-ordinating conjunction or a sentence connector Compare binder
Example Sentences
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In March, they expect a 30-year German Bund, a new 20-year Italian BTP, and a French linker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Made up of positively charged metal ions surrounded by organic linker molecules, MOFs are crystalline, porous materials with tunable structural properties and nanosized pores.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
In this collaboration, the researchers have discovered a synthesis method for ON conjugates that incorporates built-in handles and a special linker, enabling easy linkage of ONs to a peptide marker by adjusting the pH.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023
Instead, the RNA polymerase acts as a stable linker between the DNA template and the nascent RNA strands to ensure that elongation is not interrupted prematurely.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
All these frames and machines are necessary, but the movements embodied in them, or the functions which they perform, are really subsidiary to those of the linker shown in the foreground of Fig.
From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by Woodhouse, T.
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