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—linker, n./lingk/, n.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. Computers. an object, as text or graphics, linked through hypertext to a document, another object, etc.8. Survey., Civ. Engin.a. (in a surveyor's chain) a unit of length equal to 7.92 inches (20.12 centimeters).b. one of 100 rods or loops of equal length forming a surveyor's or engineer's chain.10. Mach. a rigid, movable piece or rod, connected with other parts by means of pivots or the like, for the purpose of transmitting motion.v.t., v.i.11. to join by or as if by a link or links; connect; unite (often fol. by up): The new bridge will link the island to the mainland. The company will soon link up with a hotel chain.[1375-1425; late ME link(e) < ODan laenkia chain; c. ON hlekkr link (pl., chain), OE hlence coat of chain mail, akin to G Gelenk joint]link2/lingk/, n.a torch, esp. of tow and pitch.[1520-30; perh. special use of LINK1; the torches so called may have been made of strands twisted together in chainlike form]
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Universalium. 2010.