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con·nex·ion

(kə-nĕk′shən)

n. Chiefly British

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con•nec•tion

(kəˈnɛk ʃən)

n.

1. the act or state of connecting.

2. the state of being connected.

3. anything that connects; link: an electrical connection.

4. association; relationship: no connection with any other firm of the same name.

5. logical association or development; mental association: to make a connection between two events; in connection with your last remark.

6. contextual relation; context, as of a word.

7. Usu., connections. associates, relatives, or friends, esp. considered as having influence or power.

8. the meeting of trains, planes, etc., for transfer of passengers.

9. Often, connections. a transfer by a passenger from one conveyance to another: to miss connections.

10. the conveyance boarded in making connections.

11. a channel of communication.

12. a circle of friends or associates or a member of such a circle.

13. a relative, esp. by marriage or distant blood relationship.

14. a person who sells illegal drugs.

15. a source of supply, esp. for scarce or illegal materials or goods.

16. a group of persons connected as by political or religious ties.

17. sexual intercourse.

[1350–1400; Middle English conneccioun, connexioun (< Middle French) < Latin connexiō <connect(ere) to connect]

con•nec′tion•al, adj.

Connexion, Connection

a religious society; a body of persons connected by either political (1767) or religious ties (1753); a circle of clients; a group of fellow worshippers. See also denomination, faction, set.

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Noun	1.	connexion - a connecting shape link, connection shape, form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" node - a connecting point at which several lines come together join, articulation, joint, junction, juncture - the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
	2.	connexion - a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare" connection, connectedness relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together series - (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other; "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors" alliance, bond - a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them" linkage - an associative relation communication - a connection allowing access between persons or places; "how many lines of communication can there be among four people?"; "a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms" concatenation - the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc; "it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances" bridge - something resembling a bridge in form or function; "his letters provided a bridge across the centuries" involvement - a connection of inclusion or containment; "he escaped involvement in the accident"; "there was additional involvement of the liver and spleen" relevance, relevancy - the relation of something to the matter at hand relatedness - a particular manner of connectedness; "the relatedness of all living things"
	3.	connexion - the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" association, connection remembering, memory - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" colligation - the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
	4.	connexion - an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" connecter, connector, connective, connection attachment, bond - a connection that fastens things together backbone - the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic" 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) hitch - a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls hookup - a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers" instrumentation, instrumentality - an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end jumper - a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections junction, conjunction - something that joins or connects 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 phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit, telephone line, line - a telephone connection temporary hookup, patch - a connection intended to be used for a limited time coupling, yoke - a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
	5.	connexion - shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" connection transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport - the act of moving something from one location to another
	6.	connexion - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet" joining, connection hit - a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide" 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) bringing close together, approximation - 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 converging, convergency, convergence - 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 fastening, attachment - the act of fastening things together change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something

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connexion

[kəˈnɛkʃ^ən] n (British) = connectionconning tower [ˈkɒnɪŋtaʊə^r] n → kiosque m (de sous-marin)

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"If you want to address our people, sir," say Blaze and Sparkle, the jewellers--meaning by our people Lady Dedlock and the rest--"you must remember that you are not dealing with the general public; you must hit our people in their weakest place, and their weakest place is such a place." "To make this article go down, gentlemen," say Sheen and Gloss, the mercers, to their friends the manufacturers, "you must come to us, because we know where to have the fashionable people, and we can make it fashionable." "If you want to get this print upon the tables of my high connexion, sir," says Mr.

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With an air of not minding Eugene at all, he feels that the subject is not altogether a safe one in that connexion.

'I think, Mr Twemlow, you never saw that distant connexion of yours before to-day?'

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Anne Elliot, with all her claims of birth, beauty, and mind, to throw herself away at nineteen; involve herself at nineteen in an engagement with a young man, who had nothing but himself to recommend him, and no hopes of attaining affluence, but in the chances of a most uncertain profession, and no connexions to secure even his farther rise in the profession, would be, indeed, a throwing away, which she grieved to think of!

She could do justice to the superiority of Lady Russell's motives in this, over those of her father and Elizabeth; she could honour all the better feelings of her calmness; but the general air of oblivion among them was highly important from whatever it sprung; and in the event of Admiral Croft's really taking Kellynch Hall, she rejoiced anew over the conviction which had always been most grateful to her, of the past being known to those three only among her connexions, by whom no syllable, she believed, would ever be whispered, and in the trust that among his, the brother only with whom he had been residing, had received any information of their short-lived engagement.

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Connexion gives Boeing a lesson in diversification.

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Connexion by Boeing is, for the second year running, the recipient of the World Travel Award for World's Leading High-Speed In-flight Internet Services Provider and was recently named one of the wireless companies to watch in 2005 by IDC wireless services analysts.