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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??n?kt?d/
• Hyphenation: con?nect?ed

Adjective

connected (comparative more connected, superlative most connected)

1. (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
2. Having relationships; involved with others.
3. (Canada, US) involved with organized crime, specifically someone not (yet) working for a crime organization, but referred to as a "friend" by made guys/wise guys inside the organization.
4. Intimate; Having bonds of affection.
5. (mathematics, topology, of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
6. (mathematics, graph theory, of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.

7. Having or supporting connections, especially when through technology such as networking software or a transportation network.

Antonyms

• disconnected

Hyponyms

Translations

References

• connected on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

connected

1. simple past tense and past participle of connect

References

• connected at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle English couplyng; equivalent to couple +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?pl??/

Noun

coupling (plural couplings)

1. Act of joining together to form a couple.
2. A device that couples two things together.
3. (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.

   Synonym: dependency

   Coordinate term: cohesion
4. (electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
5. (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
6. (sexuality) Sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulation

Hyponyms

Related terms

• decoupling

Translations

Verb

coupling

1. present participle of couple

Further reading

• coupling (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• coupling (physics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• coupling (electronics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• coupling (computer programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

coupling

1. Alternative form of couplyng