hy·per·link

[hahy-per-lingk] Computers.
noun
1.
link1 ( def 7 ).
verb (used with object)
2.
to create hyperlinks in or to: an extensively hyperlinked document.
verb (used without object)
3.
to follow a hyperlink: From their Web page, you can hyperlink to employment sites.

Origin:
1990–95

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World English Dictionary
hyperlink (ˈhaɪpəˌlɪŋk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a word, phrase, picture, icon, etc, in a computer document on which a user may click to move to another part of the document or to another document
 
vb
2.  (tr) to link (files) in this way

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Hyperlink is one of our favorite verbs.
So is subtilize. Does it mean:
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
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Science Dictionary
hyperlink   (hī'pər-lĭngk')  Pronunciation Key 
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Cultural Dictionary

hyperlink definition


A way of connecting different Web pages together on the Internet. A hyperlink is a word or graphic display on one Web page that allows a computer to shift to another related Web page. Also called a link.

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Computing Dictionary

hyperlink definition


hypertext link

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Example sentences
The messages also included a hyperlink to a website operated by organizers of
  the protest.
Whatever she writes that seems to lend itself to a hyperlink gets one.
Another key technique exploited anchor text, the words that make up the actual
  hyperlink connecting one page to another.
If you have already posted something to that, put the hyperlink out there.
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