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linker

British  
/ ˈlɪŋkə /

noun

  1. computing a program that adjusts two or more machine-language program segments so that they may be simultaneously loaded and executed as a unit

  2. (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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

On the other side of the linker, NS3hel separates Zika's double-stranded RNA and conveniently hands a strand over to NS3pro, which has positively charged "forks" to grab on to the negatively charged RNA.

From Science Daily Dec. 8, 2023

Yields on British inflation-linked bonds mostly fell on Tuesday after the Bank of England expanded its emergency support to include the linker market, although the drop represented only a small dent in Monday's heavy sell-off.

From Reuters Oct. 11, 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 T. Woodhouse

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