Link (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
  2. anything serving to connect one part or thing with another; a bond or tie: The locket was a link with the past.
  3. a unit in a communications system, as a radio relay station or a television booster station.
  4. any of a series of sausages in a chain.
  5. a cuff link.
  6. a ring, loop, or the like: a link of hair.
  7. Also called hyperlink .Digital Technology.
    • an object, as text or graphics, linked through hypertext to a document, another object, etc.: Click on the link below to read the full article.
    • the connection between elements linked by hypertext, or the code or tag content required to make such a connection: The website was full of broken links, typos, and images that failed to load.
  8. Surveying, Civil Engineering.
    • (in a surveyor's chain) a unit of length equal to 7.92 inches (20.12 centimeters).
    • one of 100 rods or loops of equal length forming a surveyor's or engineer's chain.
  9. bond1 (def. 15).
  10. a rigid, movable piece or rod, connected with other parts by means of pivots or the like, for the purpose of transmitting motion.
verb (used with or without object)
  1. to join by or as if by a link or links; connect; unite (often followed by up): The new bridge will link the island to the mainland. The company will soon link up with a hotel chain.
  2. to create digital connections between web pages or between elements on web pages using hypertext, or to have such links on or to a web page or electronic document: The page is linked to my online store.The essay links to three of my published articles.
noun
  1. a torch, especially of tow and pitch.
noun
  1. any of the separate rings, loops, or pieces that connect or make up a chain
  2. something that resembles such a ring, loop, or piece
  3. a road, rail, air, or sea connection, as between two main routes
  4. a connecting part or episode
  5. a connecting piece in a mechanism, often having pivoted ends
  6. a system of transmitters and receivers that connect two locations by means of radio and television signals
  7. a unit of length equal to one hundredth of a chain. 1 link of a Gunter's chain is equal to 7.92 inches, and of an engineer's chain to 1 foot
  8. computing short for hyperlink
  9. an unreliable person or thing within an organization or system
verb
  1. to connect or be connected with or as if with links
  2. to connect by association, etc
noun
  1. (formerly) a torch used to light dark streets
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