linkedadj.
/ˈlɪŋkt/ a. Connected by or as by links; joined, coupled, associated. †Also, made or fashioned with links. † linked line adv. Obsolete in a continued line.
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the world > space > relative position > quality or fact of being in a line (with) > in a continued line [phrase]
linked linea1450
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adjective] > linked
concatenate1471
linked1561
ylinkeda1565
enlinked1599
concatenated1611
intercatenated1830
society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > furnished with chain > of chain: made with links
linked1590
a1450 Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 8 Make þe yarde mete vn to the hole of the seyd stafe yn to þe halfe stafe lynket lyngh.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. L.ij By and by were vices by that lincked contrarietie necessarily accompanied with them.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S7v She held a great gold chaine ylincked well.
1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 36 With many a winding bout Of lincked sweetnes long drawn out.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 328 His swift pursuers..with linked Thunderbolts Transfix us to the bottom of this Gulfe. View more context for this quotation
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 916 Wi' linked hands we took the sands Adown yon winding river.
1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. 29 Notions, linked arguments, [etc.]..influence only the comparatively few.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iii. iii. 109 The dark linked ivy tangling wild.
1825 W. Scott Talisman i, in Tales Crusaders III. 8 His limbs..fitted to wear his linked hauberk with as much ease as if the meshes had been formed of cobwebs.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxii. 180 What trouble..could enter into these linked lives?
1966 Punch 5 Oct. 506/2 Tiny terrace houses are now considered acceptable, at £12,000 to £20,000 a time, because they are called ‘Town’ or ‘Linked’ housing.
1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard v. 123 Some traffic-light systems, like the linked set in Oxford Street, are extremely complicated.
b. Military. Since 1872 used of two infantry battalions (or regiments) which are coupled together to form a regimental district (see also quot. 1872-6).
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society > armed hostility > military organization > [adjective] > formed into regiments > linked (of regiments)
linked1872
1872 Ld. E. Cecil in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 209 1343 The linked regiments seemed in some instances rather ill-assorted unions.
1872–6 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 232 These regiments are termed linked, and in the case of one of the regiments going or being on foreign service requiring men to make up its numbers, soldiers are drafted from the regiment remaining at home.
1892 Daily News 12 Apr. 6/1 The line battalion in England, which has a linked battalion abroad, is unfit in every way to go into the field.
c. Of industries: allied to and dependent on one another.
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society > occupation and work > industry > [adjective] > types of industry generally
heavy1888
light industrial1919
sheltered1924
military-industrial1925
Tayacian1934
footloose1939
linked1942
low technology1956
high technology1964
smokestack1976
old economy1990
1942 S. Florence in H. B. Newbold Industry & Rural Life ii. 43 Certain industries may be linked to other industries..and all the linked industries would have to be dispersed together... An instance of such a complex of linked industries is found in Birmingham.
1961 Estall & Buchanan Industr. Activity & Econ. Geogr. v. 108 ‘Linked’ or related industries often require similar types of labour skills... A further advantage is the easy interchange of materials and products between the linked establishments.
1961 E. A. Powdrill Vocab. Land Planning iv. 77 They [sc. factories] must be..near some other industry providing supplies or markets (i.e., ‘linked’).
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d. Genetics. Of genes: occurring on the same chromosome. Of genetic characters or factors: associated with linked genes. Cf. linkage n. b. See also sex-linked adj., cross-linked adj. at cross- comb. form 2.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > [adjective] > changes or actions of genes or chromosomes > linkage > associated with linked genes
linked1912
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > [adjective] > changes or actions of genes or chromosomes > linkage
sex-limited1908
sex-linked1912
X-linked1949
Y-linked1949
linked1973
1912 Biol. Bull. 23 174 Two [factors] that have been found to be linked are here described. These are the yellow factor in the absence of which the flies are black, and a factor..in the absence of which the fly is wingless.
1919 Jrnl. Genetics 8 299 (title) The combination of linkage values, and the calculation of distances between the loci of linked factors.
1955 Virology I. 190 (title) Transduction of linked genetic characters of the host by bacteriophage P1.
1973 J. Bronowski Ascent of Man xii. 386 You could not test for eight different characters without getting two of the genes lying on the same chromosome, and therefore being at least partially linked.
1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xviii. 1041 Two linked clusters of genes..together comprise the major histocompatibility complex.
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linked list n. Computing an ordered set of data elements, each of which contains a pointer or link to its successor (and sometimes its predecessor); cf. chain n. 5i.
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society > computing and information technology > data > [noun] > structure > list
list1956
string1956
chain1959
queue1963
linked list1971
1971 I. H. Gould IFIP Guide Concepts & Terms Data Processing 29 Linked list, a list in which each element contains one pointer to its successor, and none to other elements of the list.
1985 Practical Computing June 118/3 The chain or linked list is a common data structure used to provide pathways through a data set.
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