hyperconnected

hyperconnected

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ connected

Adjective

hyperconnected (not comparable)

1. (mathematics, of a topological space) That is not the union of two proper closed sets; such that every open set is dense.
2. (mathematics, of a graph) Having an edge set that spans a matroid defined on its edges via exterior algebra.
3. Making intense use of telecommunications networks.
   • 2009, Harrison Rainie, Janna Quitney Anderson, Susannah Fox, Ubiquity, Mobility, Security (page 482)

     The hyperconnected people in this study reported they use a minimum of seven communications devices and nine communications applications each day, including e-mail, mobile phones, IM, Web conferencing, and social networks.

   • 2016, Thomas L. Friedman, Thank You for Being Late, →ISBN:

     The resulting flows of information are making the world not only interconnected and hyperconnected but interdependent— everyone everywhere is now more vulnerable to the actions of anyone anywhere.

4. Connected by hyperlinks.
   • 2015, Jonathan Savage & ‎Clive McGoun, Teaching in a Networked Classroom, →ISBN, page 76:

     Algorithmic strategies were beginning to look as if they could make sense and meaning out of the vast swathes of hyperconnected documents.

5. Containing an unusually large number of connections.
   • 2017, Kenneth F. Swaiman, ‎Stephen Ashwal, & ‎Donna M Ferriero, Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology E-Book: Principles and Practice, →ISBN:

     These findings were replicated in two additional independent cohorts, demonstrating that at childhood the brain in ASD is functionally hyperconnected in systems related to cognitive, social, and affective processes.

Synonyms

• (not the union of two proper closed sets): irreducible
• (connected by hyperlinks): hyperlinked