link
A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideasA connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
» I'll send you the link.
Ich schicke Ihnen den Link.
Ich schicke dir den Link.
Я пришлю тебе ссылку.
Я пришлю вам ссылку.
Я надійшлю тобі посилання.
Meaning
15 sensesA connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.
the means of connection between things linked in series
One element of a chain or other connected series.
The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.
The weakest link.
Verknüpfung, Glied
звено́zvenó
ла́нкаlánka
the state of being connected
The connection between buses or systems.
A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.
Verknüpfung
связьsvjazʹ
з'є́днанняzʺjédnannja
A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
Verschlingung, Verkettung, Verbindung
связьsvjazʹ, соедине́ниеsojedinénije
зв'язо́кzvʺjazók, з'є́днанняzʺjédnannja
A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
Wildnisstreifen
(figuratively)An individual person or element in a system.
Glied
Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
A sausage that is not a patty.
Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
Koppel, Getriebeglied, Koppelstange
Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
шарни́рšarnír
The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
Kettenglied (0.201168 m)
a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
Bindigkeit
связьsvjazʹ
Examples
359 sentencesI'll send you the link.
Я надійшлю тобі посилання.
ruЯ пришлю тебе ссылку.
deIch schicke Ihnen den Link.
Thank you for the link.
Дякую за посилання.
ruСпасибо за ссылку.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
Ланцюг не міцніший від найслабшої ланки.
ruЦепь не крепче своего самого слабого звена.
deEine Kette ist nicht stabiler als ihr schwächstes Glied.
Would you like to exchange links?
ruХотите, обменяемся ссылками?
deMöchten Sie Links austauschen?
I'll send you the link now.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 5
By meaning 10
Origin
From Middle English linke, lenke, from a merger of Old English hlenċe, hlenċa (“ring; chaiFrom Middle English linke, lenke, from a merger of Old English hlenċe, hlenċa (“ring; chainlink”) and Old Norse *hlenkr, hlekkr (“ring; chain”); both from Proto-Germanic *hlankiz (“ring; bond; fettle; fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“bendsome, flexible”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng-, *klenk- (“to bend; twist; wind”). Used in English since the 14th century. Related to lank.
Plausibly a modification of Medieval Latin linchinus (“candle”), an alteration of Latin lynchinus, itself from Ancient Greek λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”).
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Forms
plural: linksSynonyms
16 synonyms- a fastener that serves to join or connect:linkuptietie-in
- an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data:data link
- the means of connection between things linked in series:nexus
- a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network:radio link
- a channel for communication between groups:liaisoncontactinter-group communication
- the state of being connected:connectionconnectedness