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connectional

Variant of connection

noun

  1. a joining or being joined; coupling; union
  2. a part or thing that joins; means of joining
  3. a relationship; association; specif.,
    1. the relation between things that depend on, involve, or follow each other; causal relationship
    2. the logical linking together of words or ideas; coherence
    3. the relationship of a word or statement to the context, as it affects the meaning: in that connection, let me say this
    4. affinity as by family ties, business, or common interests
  4. : usually used in pl.
    1. a relative, as by distant kinship or marriage
    2. a business associate or acquaintance, esp. an influential one through whom one can get special favors
  5. ☆ the act or means of transferring from one train, bus, etc. to another in the course of a journey
  6. a group of people associated together as in politics, business, or worship
  7. a religious sect or denomination
  8. Slang
    1. a person who sells narcotics illicitly to addicts
    2. a narcotics sale or purchase
  9. Elec. a circuit
  10. Telephony, Telegraphy a line of communication between points

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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