nexus

nex·us

noun \ˈnek-səs\

plural nex·us·es\-sə-səz\ or nex·us\-səs, -ˌsüs\

Definition of NEXUS

1

: connection, link; also : a causal link

2

: a connected group or series

3

: center, focus

Examples of NEXUS

1. <the oft-repeated claim that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person through a nexus of six relationships>
2. <as the nexus for three great religions, Jerusalem has had a troubled as well as illustrious history>

Origin of NEXUS

Latin, from nectere to bind

First Known Use: 1663

Related to NEXUS

Synonyms: catena, catenation, concatenation, consecution, chain, progression, sequence, string, train

Related Words: chain reaction; belt, circle, cycle, vicious circle (also vicious cycle); continuum, gamut, gauntlet (also gantlet), scale, spectrum; flow, river, stream; file, line, queue, range, row, succession

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Rhymes with NEXUS

lexis, plexus, texas, Texas