nexus
Plural: nexus, nexuses, nexusses
Noun
- A connection or series of connections linking two or more things.
- the means of connection between things linked in series
- a connected series or group
- A form or state of connection.
- A form or state of connection.
- The relationship between a vendor and a jurisdiction for the purpose of taxation, established for example by the vendor operating a physical store in that jurisdiction.
- 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.
Examples
- The ’X’ tile often forms a crucial nexus, connecting disparate letters into high-scoring words.
Origin / Etymology
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).
Synonyms
link, band, bond, combination, composite, conjunction, connection, fusion, hub, junction, juncture, melding, merger, nexus, tie, unification, union, unity, vinculum
Scrabble Score: 12
nexus: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordnexus: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nexus: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary