joining

1. The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) (synset 100146038)
   "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"
   is a type of: change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
   subtypes:

   • hit - a connection made via the internet to another website
   • interconnection - (computer science) the act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.)
   • intersection - the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)
   • approximation, bringing close together - the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
   • concatenation - the act of linking together as in a series or chain
   • convergence, convergency, converging - the act of converging (coming closer)
   • coming upon, encounter - a casual meeting with a person or thing
   • articulation - the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
   • adjunction, junction - an act of joining or adjoining things
   • attachment, fastening - the act of fastening things together
   same as: connection, connexion

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