Definition: nexus

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

nexus
     n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series
          [syn: link]
     2: a connected series or group

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Nexus \Nex"us\, n. [L.]
   Connection; tie.

         Man is doubtless one by some subtile nexus . . .
         extending from the new-born infant to the superannuated
         dotard.                                  --De Quincey.