People/things are connected because they have connectivity.
Connectivity is not a thing, but it is a property of things. People/things are connected because they have connectivity. Anything which does not have comparability cannot be compared.
Terms of reference
- Connectable: That can be connected
- Connect: be or become joined or united or linked; join for the purpose of communication; join by means of communication equipment; connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; plug into an outlet; make a logical or causal connection; establish communication with someone
- Connection: an instrumentality that connects; a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); a connecting shape; the state of being connected; the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); the process of bringing ideas or events together
- Relation: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
- Link: the means of connection between things linked in series; a channel for communication between groups; the state of being connected; be or become joined or united or linked; connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; link with or as with a yoke; make a logical or causal connection
- Bond: a connection that fastens things together; a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner); an electrical force linking atoms; an electrical force linking atoms; a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; bring together in a common cause or emotion; stick to firmly; create social or emotional ties
- Bind: form a chemical bond with; make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; provide with a binding; fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; stick to firmly
- Associate: a person who joins with others in some activity; a person who is frequently in the company of another; make a logical or causal connection; bring or come into association or action
- Attachment: a connection that fastens things together; the act of attaching or affixing something; the act of fastening things together
- Interconnection: a state of being connected reciprocally
- Hookup: a device providing a connection between a power source and a user
- Joining: the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- Joint: junction by which parts or objects are joined together; (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if the articulation allows motion); united or combined
- Junction: an act of joining or adjoining things; the place where two or more things come together; something that joins or connects; the state of being joined together
- Ligament: any connection or unifying bond; a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs
- Ligation: (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)
- Relationship: a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries; state of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
- Tie: a fastener that serves to join or link; fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- Combine: add together from different sources; join for a common purpose or in a common action; combine so as to form a whole; put or add together
- Fasten: attach to; become fixed or fastened
- Affix: attach or become attached to a stem word; attach to; add to the very end
- Append: fix to; attach; add to the very end
- Concatenate: arranged into chained list; add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series
- Detach: come to be detached
- Disconnect: make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
- Unfasten: become untied
- Disjoin: become separated, disconnected or disjoint; make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
- Bound: confined by bonds; held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- Linkage: the act of linking things together; a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion; (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go); an associative relation
- Connective: an instrumentality that connects; connecting or tending to connect; an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
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