An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

To join, link, or fasten together.
To establish communication with or between.

M.E., from L. connectere, from "to fasten together, join together," from → com- "together" + nectere "to bind, tie," from nexus "bond, link," related to nodus "knot."

Hâbandidan, from hâ- intensive prefix, from ham-, → com-, + band present stem of bandidan, bastan, → band; cf. (dialectal Anâraki) ha-bend.

Joined, linked, or having a connection. → connected graph.

Past participle of → connect.

In → =graph theory, a graph if for every pair of distinct vertices there is a path.

→ connected; → graph.

The act or state of connecting. The state of being connected. Something that connects; link; bond.

Verbal noun of → connect.

1) (adj.) Serving to → connect or capable of connecting.
2) (n.) Something that connects.
3) → logical connective.

→ connect + → -ive.

Hâbdandâr, from hâband present stem of hâbandidan, → connect, + -âr contraction of âvar, from âvardan "to bring, cause, produce," → format; hâbandandé verbal adj. from hâbandidan.

1) General: The state or ability of being connected.
2) Computers: The capacity of a machine to be connected to other facilities.

→ connective + → -ity.

A person or thing that connects.

→ connect; → -or.

To be or become connected reciprocally.

→ inter- + → connect.

Reciprocal connection between two or several things.

→ andar-; → connection.

In spectroscopy, same as → semi-forbidden line.

→ interconnection; → line.

A symbol that can be combined with one or more → sentences in order to form a new sentence. For example "and" (∧), "or" (∨) "not" (¬), "if-then" (→), and "iff" (⇔).

→ logical; → connective.

Of magnetic field lines, the condition for them to be connected or the process whereby they become connected or connective.

→ magnetic;→ connectivity.

In a → plasma, a change of → magnetic connectivity of plasma elements due to the presence of a localized → diffusion region. It allows charged particles to move from one → magnetic field line to another. Magnetic reconnection is an important process transforming magnetic energy into heat or/and kinetic energy. Magnetic reconnection events occur in the Earth's → magnetosphere. The process plays an important role in explosive phenomena in the Sun, such as → coronal mass ejections and → solar flares which heat the → solar corona.

→ magnetic; → re-; → connection.