CONNECTION

A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

Example: "There was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"

The state of being connected

Example: "The connection between church and state is inescapable"

An instrumentality that connects

Example: "He soldered the connection"

(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

Example: "He has powerful connections"

The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

Example: "Conditioning is a form of learning by association"

A connecting shape

A supplier (especially of narcotics)

Shifting from one form of transportation to another

Example: "The plane was late and he missed his connection in atlanta"

The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

Example: "The joining of hands around the table"