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Definition of Connected
1. Adjective. Being joined in close association. "All art schools whether independent or attached to universities"
2. Adjective. Joined or linked together.
Similar to: Adjacent, Conterminous, Contiguous, Neighboring, Adjunctive, Affined, Conterminous, Contiguous, Coupled, Joined, Linked, Engaged, Well-connected
Derivative terms: Connectedness
Antonyms: Unconnected
3. Adjective. Wired together to an alarm system. "All the window alarms are connected"
4. Adjective. Plugged in. "First check to see whether the appliance is connected"
5. Adjective. Stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer.
Definition of Connected
1. Adjective. ''(usually with "well-"):'' Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity. ¹
2. Adjective. (mathematics topology of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets. ¹
3. Adjective. (mathematics graph theory of a directed graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices. ¹
4. Verb. (past of connect) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Connected
1. connect [v] - See also: connect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Connected
Literary usage of Connected
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1882)
"... it was impossible for them, if they spoke at all . to keep clear of every
subject which her feelings connected with him, CHAPTER XVL MARIANNE would have ..."
2. Fundamental Principles of Electric and Magnetic Circuits by Fred Alan Fish (1920)
"94, and the windings are so connected that the positive directions in the three
... In the delta connection the three-line wires are connected to the three ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"IS =s Thus 23 scientific men connected with Harvard University were requested to
sort ... Of the 120 who made the arrangement 89 are connected with the 17 ..."
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