nexus
(noun) a connected series or group
link, nexus
(noun) the means of connection between things linked in series
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nexus (countable and uncountable, plural nexuses or nexus)
A form of connection.
A connected group.
The centre of something.
(historical, legal) In Ancient Rome, a person who had contracted a nexum or obligation of such a kind that, if he failed to pay, his creditor could compel him to work as a servant until the debt was paid.
(North America, finance) 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.
The Latin plural form (written nexûs or nexūs) is sometimes used in academic discussions of process philosophy (see ).
• (a form of connection): bond, link, tie
• (group): network
• (centre): hub, junction
• UN*Xes, unsex
Source: Wiktionary
Nex"us, n. Etym: [L.]
Definition: Connection; tie. Man is doubtless one by some subtile nexus ... extending from the new-born infant to the superannuated dotard. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
