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1
a series of things linked together
- the oft-repeated claim that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person through a nexus of six relationships
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2
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
- as the nexus for three great religions, Jerusalem has had a troubled as well as illustrious history
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- attraction,
- lodestone
- (also loadstone),
- magnet,
- polestar
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From the Latin word that means 'to bind'
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“Nexus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nexus. Accessed 9 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of nexus was in 1663
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