link - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo! Education
Reference
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Thesaurus
World Factbook
Spanish Dictionary
Anatomy
Conversion Calculator

Word of the Day
rationale
Definition: (noun) an underlying reason or explanation.
Petersons.com
Add Word of the Day to your personalized My Yahoo! page:
Add to My Yahoo! View RSS Feed
About My Yahoo! and RSS »
  

link1  audio  (lngk) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. One of the rings or loops forming a chain.
    1. A unit in a connected series of units: links of sausage; one link in a molecular chain.
    2. A unit in a transportation or communications system.
    3. A connecting element; a tie or bond: grandparents, our link with the past.
    1. An association; a relationship: The Alumnae Association is my link to the school's present administration.
    2. A causal, parallel, or reciprocal relationship; a correlation: Researchers have detected a link between smoking and heart disease.
  4. A cuff link.
  5. Abbr. li A unit of length used in surveying, equal to 0.01 chain, 7.92 inches, or about 20.12 centimeters.
  6. A rod or lever transmitting motion in a machine.
  7. Computer Science A segment of text or a graphical item that serves as a cross-reference between parts of a hypertext document or between files or hypertext documents. Also called hotlink, hyperlink.
VERB:
linked, link·ing, links
VERB:
tr.
  1. To connect with or as if with a link: linked the rings to form a chain. See Synonyms at join.
  2. Computer Science To make a hypertext link in: linked her webpage to her employer's homepage.
VERB:
intr.
  1. To become connected with or as if with a link: The molecules linked to form a polymer.
  2. Computer Science To follow a hypertext link: With a click of the mouse, I linked to the company's website.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English linke, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hlekkr, *hlenkr, from *hlenkr

OTHER FORMS:
linker(Noun)


 Visit our partner's site
Provided by Houghton Mifflin
logoeReference -- Download this interactive reference software to your desktop computer