one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.

anything serving to connect one part or thing with another; a bond or tie

The locket was a link with the past.

a unit in a communications system, as a radio relay station or a television booster station.

any of a series of sausages in a chain.

a cuff link.

a ring, loop, or the like

a link of hair.

Computers . an object, as text or graphics, linked through hypertext to a document, another object, etc.

Surveying, Civil Engineering .

(in a surveyor's chain) a unit of length equal to 7.92 inches (20.12 centimeters).

one of 100 rods or loops of equal length forming a surveyor's or engineer's chain.

Chemistry . bond 1 ( def. 15 ) .

Machinery . a rigid, movable piece or rod, connected with other parts by means of pivots or the like, for the purpose of transmitting motion.

to join by or as if by a link or links; connect; unite (often fol. by up )

The new bridge will link the island to the mainland. The company will soon link up with a hotel chain.

noun

whole

verb

disconnect , divide , separate , unfasten , unlink

noun

articulation , association , attachment , bond , channel , connective , constituent , contact , copula , coupler , coupling , division , element , fastening , hitch , hookup , in , interconnection , interface , intersection , joining , joint , junction , knot , ligament , ligation , ligature , loop , member , network , nexus , part , piece , relationship , ring , seam , section , splice , tie , tie-up , vinculum , weld , yoke , connection , correlation , interdependence , interrelationship , linkage , tie-in , catena , concatenation , juncture , liaison , spline , suture

verb

associate , attach , bind , bracket , combine , conjoin , conjugate , couple , fasten , group , hitch on , hook up , identify , incorporate , interface , join , meld with , network , plug into , relate , slap on , tack on , tag along , tag on , team up with , throw in with , tie , tie in with , unite , yoke , affiliate , ally , connect , coalesce , compound , concrete , consolidate , marry , meld , unify , wed , correlate , band , bond , braced , catenate , chain , component , concatenate , connection , contact , course , fastener , fuse , hitch , hook , hookup , implicate , interlock , involve , joint , linkage , nexus , vinculum