interconnected

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adjective

Intertwined; connected at multiple points or levels.

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

interconnected1

adjectiveinterconnected (comparative more interconnected, superlative most interconnected)

comparative more interconnected · superlative most interconnected

  1. Intertwined; connected at multiple points or levels.

    Typically, osteoporosis causes the amount of trabecular bone to be reduced and the bone to become thinner, while the intertrabecular space enlarges and the interconnected structure of trabecular bone is disrupted.

    2015 July 6, “Assessment of the Impact of Zoledronic Acid on Ovariectomized Osteoporosis Model Using Micro-CT Scanning”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2022
    1 more example

    So why is Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, seven years and eight months “behind” much of the rest of the world? And how does that work for Ethiopians living on an increasingly interconnected planet that mostly operates in an entirely different era?

    2024 June 16, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “The country where it’s still 2016”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2024

    Synonyms: interlinked

interconnected2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of interconnect

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveIntertwined; connected at multiple points or levels.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivereciprocally connected

adjectiveoperating as a unit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Latinnectō
  13. Latincōnectō
  14. Latinconnectō
  15. Englishconnect
  16. Englishconnected
  17. Englishinterconnected

From inter- + connected.

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APA

interconnected. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interconnected

MLA

“interconnected.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interconnected. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interconnected,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interconnected.

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