- unlink
- Date: 1600 transitive verb to unfasten the links of ; separate, disconnect intransitive verb to become detached
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
unlink
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Unlink — Un*link , v. t. [1st pref. un + link.] To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unlink — index detach Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unlink — [unliŋk′] vt. 1. to unfasten the links of (a chain, etc.) 2. to separate (things linked together) … English World dictionary
Unlink — In the mathematical field of knot theory, the unlink is a link that is equivalent (under ambient isotopy) to finitely many disjoint circles in the plane. * An n component link L sub; S3 is an unlink if and only if there exists n disjointly… … Wikipedia
unlink — /un lingk /, v.t. 1. to separate the links of (a chain, linked bracelet, watchband, etc.); unfasten. 2. to detach or separate by or as if by undoing one or more connecting links: to unlink hands. v.i. 3. to become detached. [1590 1600; UN 2 +… … Universalium
unlink — un•link [[t]ʌnˈlɪŋk[/t]] v. t. 1) to separate the links of (a chain, bracelet, etc.); unfasten 2) to detach or release as if by undoing a link or links: to unlink hands[/ex] 3) to become detached … From formal English to slang
Unlink (Unix) — In Unix like operating systems, unlink is a system call and a command line utility to delete files. The program directly interfaces the system call, which removes the file name and (but not on GNU systems) directories like rm and rmdir. If the… … Wikipedia
unlink — verb a) To decouple an item; to remove a link; to delink. b) To delete a file … Wiktionary
unlink — verb separate; detach … English new terms dictionary
unlink — un·link … English syllables
