[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The state or quality of being connected; esp. connected sequence or coherence.
1697. J. Sergeant, Solid Philos., 362. Some kind of Agreement or Connectedness of the one with the others.
1848. Carpenter, Anim. Phys., 31. The continuity or connectedness of this tissue over the whole surface of the body.
1886. Law Times, LXXX. 395/2. His reasoning loses in connectedness by being cast into the form of letters.