nexus

Meaning

A form or state of connection.
A form or state of connection.
A connected group; a network, a web.
A centre or focus of something.
In the work of the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen (1860–1943): a group of words expressing two concepts in one unit (such as a clause or sentence).
A person who had contracted a nexum or obligation of such a kind that, if they failed to pay, their creditor could compel them to work as a servant until the debt was paid; an indentured servant.

link

siamese

causal relationship

discussion section

association trail

Frequency

Hyphenated as

nex‧us

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɛksəs/

From Latin nexus (“connection, nexus; act of binding, tying or fastening together; something which binds, binding, bond, fastening, joint; legal obligation”), from nectō (“to attach, bind, connect, fasten, tie; to interweave; to relate; to unite; to bind by obligation, make liable, oblige; to compose, contrive, devise, produce”) + -tus (suffix forming verbal nouns).

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