nexus
[nek-suh s]
- a means of connection; tie; link.
- a connected series or group.
- the core or center, as of a matter or situation.
- Cell Biology. a specialized area of the cell membrane involved in intercellular communication and adhesion.
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Origin of nexus
1655–65; < Latin nexus a binding, joining, fastening, equivalent to nect(ere) to bind, fasten, tie + -tus suffix of v. action, with tt > s
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Contemporary Examples
And in case you missed it, David Frum wrote about the nexus between robots and immigration right here.
“We think there should be a nexus between the actual work people are doing and the relevancy of drug abuse,” he says.
The grapes are grown on steep hillsides in a tiny, remote region situated at the nexus of much more famous regions.
But if the nexus of social and traditional media can inspire as we saw last year in Tahrir Square, it can also inflame.
Google has Android, the Google Play online store, Google Drive cloud storage, and Nexus smartphones.
Historical Examples
The transaction, as to his part of it, is incomplete, and he is still considered to be nexus.
Ancient LawSir Henry James Sumner Maine
The nexus between them and events was not cause and effect, but magic.
FolkwaysWilliam Graham Sumner
Except in the idea of God there is no nexus between the two.
"No nexus exists but the economic one between the two groups," she wrote.
The Crow's NestClarence Day, Jr.
The only nexus there could be between the executive and the mass of voters was personal.
Behind the MirrorsClinton W. Gilbert
nexus
- a means of connection between members of a group or things in a series; link; bond
- a connected group or series
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin: a binding together, from nectere to bind
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Word Origin and History for nexus
n.
1660s, "bond, link, means of communication," from Latin nexus "that which ties or binds together," past participle of nectere "to bind," from PIE root *ned- "to bind, tie" (see net (n.)).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
nexus
(nĕk′səs)- gap junction
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