Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nexus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nexus \Nex"us\, n. [L.]
Connection; tie.
Man is doubtless one by some subtile nexus . . .
extending from the new-born infant to the superannuated
dotard. --De Quincey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nexus
n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series
[syn: {link}]
2: a connected series or group
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