[responsivevoice] nexus [/responsivevoice] [ nek-suh s ]
The word of the day is ‘nexus.’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Middle
2. A central or focal point
3. A connection
4. Series of connections linking two or more things
1. Hindi – Bandhan
2. Spanish -Nexo
3. French – Lien
4. Mandarin – Guānxì
1. The nexus between them and events did not cause and effect, but magic.
2. The transaction, as to his part of it, is incomplete, and he is still considered to be nexus.
3. Except in the idea of God, there is no nexus between the two.
4. The only nexus there could be between the executive and the mass of voters was personal.
5. Correlation is a bond, nexus, or connection subsisting between different growths.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
center, connection, core, link, network, tie, union, vinculum, junction, ligature, interrelatedness, catena, concatenation, yoke etc.
Some antonyms of the word are:
divorce, exterior, exteriority, outside, detachment, parting, disjunction, being apart, divergence
Quotation:
One of the most exciting things about dark energy is that it seems to live at the very nexus of two of our most successful theories of physics: quantum mechanics, which explains the physics of the small, and Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, which explains the physics of the large, including gravity.
Adam Riess
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