[ˈnɛksəs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a connection or series of connections linking two or more things
(e.g: the nexus between industry and political power)

- a central or focal point
(e.g: the nexus of any government in this country is No. 10)


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Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin, ‘a binding together’, from nex- ‘bound’, from the verb nectere