different between connected vs trichotomous

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

trichotomy +? -ous?

Adjective

trichotomous (not comparable)

1. Divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.
   • 1793, Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany

     a trichotomous stem

2. (set theory) Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, exactly one of xRy, yRx or x=y holds.

   > is a trichotomous relation, while the relation "divides" over the natural numbers is not.