Noun

(uncountable) The act of connecting.

The point at which two or more things are connected.

the connection between overeating and obesity

My headache has no connection with me going out last night.

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A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.

As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.

An established communications or transportation link.

computers linked by a network connection

I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection .

(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service

The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.

A kinship relationship between people.

Noun

That which affects one's welfare or happiness.

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The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.

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A business, firm or enterprise; a company.

* 2001 November 18, " What the Muslim World Is Watching," The New York Times (retrieved 26 July 2014):

Soon after he ascended the throne, an Arabic television joint venture between the BBC and a Saudi concern , Orbit Communications, foundered over the BBC's insistence on editorial independence.

(computing, programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.

* 2006 , Awais Rashid, ?Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II (page 148)

At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements a concern .