[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The state or quality of being connected; esp. connected sequence or coherence.

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1697.  J. Sergeant, Solid Philos., 362. Some kind of Agreement or Connectedness of the one with the others.

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1848.  Carpenter, Anim. Phys., 31. The continuity or connectedness of this tissue over the whole surface of the body.

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1886.  Law Times, LXXX. 395/2. His reasoning loses in connectedness by being cast into the form of letters.

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