1. A superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents; SYN. bond paper.
2. An interest-bearing (or discounted) certificate of debt issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; SYN. bond certificate.

1. The state of being connected; SYN. link, connectedness.
2. Something that connects; SYN. connexion, connector, connecter, connective.
3. A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); SYN. connexion, connectedness.
4. A supplier (especially of narcotics).
5. Shifting from one form of transportation to another; SYN. connexion.
6. A connecting shape; SYN. connexion, link.
7. (Usually plural) A person who is influential and to whom one is connected in some way (as by family or friendship). + prikaži više

chiefly British variant of CONNECTION.

1. A device providing a connection between a power source and a user.
2. A system of components assembled together for a particular purpose; SYN. assemblage.
3. An electrical connection

ETYM Old Eng. knot, knotte, as. cnotta; akin to Dutch knot, Old High Germ. chnodo, chnoto, German knoten, Icel. knotr, Swed. knut, Dan. knude, and perh. to Latin nodus. Related to Knout, Knit.
In navigation, unit by which a ship's speed is measured, equivalent to one nautical mile per hour (one knot equals about 1.15 miles per hour). It is also sometimes used in aviation.Intertwinement of parts of one or more ropes, cords, or strings, to bind them together or to other objects. It is constructed so that the strain on the knot will draw it tighter. Bends or hitches are knots used to fasten ropes together or to other objects; when two ropes are joined end to end, they are spliced. The craft of macramé uses knots to form decorative pieces and fringes.
(Homonym: naught, not).
1. Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object.
2. A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged.
3. Something twisted and tight and swollen; SYN. gnarl.
4. A tight cluster of people or things. + prikaži više

ETYM French, from Latin ligatio, from ligare to bind. Related to Ligature, Ligation.
A channel for communication between groups; SYN. link, contact, inter-group communication.

1. A fastener that serves to join or link; SYN. linkup, tie, tie-in.
2. A unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain.
3. An interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data; SYN. data link.
4. The means of connection between things linked in series; SYN. nexus.
5. (Computers) A connection between two items (two texts, a text and an image, etc.), usually activated by the click of a mouse. + prikaži više

ETYM French relation, Latin relatio. Related to Relate.
1. An act of narration; SYN. telling, recounting.
2. An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together.
3. (Usually plural) Mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups.

1. A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
2. A state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries.
3. ('relationship' is often used where 'relation' would serve (as in) preferred usage of 'relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness.

ETYM as. tęge, tige, tîge.
(Homonym: Thai).
1. A cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied.
2. A horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating; SYN. tie beam.