Noun: connexion ku'nek-shun
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: connection)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: connection)
- A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
"there was a connexion between eating that pickle and having that nightmare";
- connection, connectedness
- The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
"the connexion of hands around the table";
- joining, connection
- Something that connects things together
"he soldered the connexion";
- connection, connector, connecter, connective
- The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
"She made a connexion between the smell of cookies and her grandmother's kitchen";
- association, connection
- Shifting from one form of transportation to another
"the plane was late and he missed his connexion in Atlanta";
- connection
- A connecting shape
"The connexion in the chain was broken";
- connection, link
Derived forms: connexions
See also: connected, unconnected
Type of: change of integrity, conveyance, form, instrumentality, instrumentation, means, memory, relation, remembering, shape, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation
Encyclopedia: Connexion