CONNEXION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does connexion mean? 

• CONNEXION (noun)
  The noun CONNEXION has 6 senses:

1. a connecting shape

2. a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

3. the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

4. an instrumentality that connects

5. shifting from one form of transportation to another

6. the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

  Familiarity information: CONNEXION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONNEXION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A connecting shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

connection; connexion; link

Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):

form; shape (the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connexion"):

node (a connecting point at which several lines come together)

articulation; join; joint; junction; juncture (the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

connectedness; connection; connexion

Context example:

there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare

Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):

relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)

Attribute:

connected (joined or linked together)

unconnected (not joined or linked together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connexion"):

linkage (an associative relation)

relatedness (a particular manner of connectedness)

relevance; relevancy (the relation of something to the matter at hand)

involvement (a connection of inclusion or containment)

bridge (something resembling a bridge in form or function)

concatenation (the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc)

communication (a connection allowing access between persons or places)

alliance; bond (a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest)

series ((electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

association; connection; connexion

Context example:

conditioning is a form of learning by association

Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):

memory; remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connexion"):

colligation (the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis)

Derivation:

connect (make a logical or causal connection)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An instrumentality that connects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

connecter; connection; connective; connector; connexion

Context example:

he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers

Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):

instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connexion"):

conjunction; junction (something that joins or connects)

coupling; yoke (a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together)

patch; temporary hookup (a connection intended to be used for a limited time)

line; phone line; subscriber line; telephone circuit; telephone line (a telephone connection)

slip ring (connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts)

hookup (a device providing a connection between a power source and a user)

hitch (a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls)

earth; ground (a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage))

backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together)

attachment; bond (a connection that fastens things together)

jumper (a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections)

Derivation:

connect (plug into an outlet)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Shifting from one form of transportation to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

connection; connexion

Context example:

the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta

Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):

conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)

Derivation:

connect (be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

connection; connexion; joining

Context example:

there was a connection via the internet

Hypernyms ("connexion" is a kind of...):

change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connexion"):

interconnection ((computer science) the act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.))

intersection (the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path))

approximation; bringing close together (the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue)

concatenation (the act of linking together as in a series or chain)

convergence; convergency; converging (the act of converging (coming closer))

coming upon; encounter (a casual meeting with a person or thing)

articulation (the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible)

adjunction; junction (an act of joining or adjoining things)

attachment; fastening (the act of fastening things together)

hit (a connection made via the internet to another website)

Derivation:

connect (join by means of communication equipment)

connect (establish communication with someone)

 Context examples 

She desires the connexion as warmly as your uncle or myself.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He lived about a mile from Highbury, was a frequent visitor, and always welcome, and at this time more welcome than usual, as coming directly from their mutual connexions in London.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

She deprecated the connexion in every light.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Our residence at Canterbury, and our local connexion, will, no doubt, enable him to take advantage of any vacancy that may arise in the Cathedral corps.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

His value for rank and connexion she perceived was greater than hers.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

She might have to endure the reproach again and again; she might hear it, or see it, or know it to exist for ever in every connexion about her.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Since you oblige me to speak more plainly, which I am very unwilling to do, her humble connexions would render such a thing impossible, if nothing else did.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

As to connexion, there Emma was perfectly easy; persuaded, that after all his own vaunted claims and disdain of Harriet, he had done nothing.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

It was very desirable that the connexion should be renewed, if it could be done, without any compromise of propriety on the side of the Elliots.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

She would hardly join even when William was the subject, for his commission came all from the right hand too, and there was pain in the connexion.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)