Definition of "connection" []

• The act of connecting. (noun)
• The state of being connected. (noun)
• One that connects; a link: made a connection between the two pipes. (noun)
• An association or relationship: There appeared to be no connection between the two crimes. (noun)
• The logical or intelligible ordering of words or ideas; coherence. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In this connection Irenæus employed the following categories: _restoring of the likeness of God in humanity_; _abolition of death_; _connection and union of man with God_; _adoption of men as sons of God and as gods_;"
• "I don't want to route all traffic over the VPN connection, so I did not check the «Send all traffic over VPN connection» setting."
• "I know the point of the torture was to produce such a connection, but it might not have been necessary to waterboard al-Libi to get him to say ’yes’ to the suggestion of the ’connection’."