{
  "id": "links.connection",
  "term": "links",
  "sense": "connection",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 8,
  "arena": "lexicon",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a thing that connects two things",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "part.relation",
      "connects.verb"
    ],
    "interaction": "parts bring two things together by connecting them, producing a link",
    "novel_properties": [
      "mutual connection",
      "binding role"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The 1971 Indo-Pakistani War ceasefire was mediated by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 307.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "Fiber-optic cables under the Pacific Ocean carry data between Hawaii and California.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Hydrogen bonds between adenine and thymine stabilize the DNA double helix.",
      "domain": "biology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "part.relation",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "connects.verb",
      "note": "abstracts",
      "type": "abstracts"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "connection.social",
    "internet.digital",
    "network.system",
    "reference.citation",
    "way.method",
    "wireless.electrical"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "link",
    "links"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-links.connection"
}