D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Nexus

/nĕk'-səs/ · Nex·us · IPA /ˈnɛksəs/
01 n. Connection; tie.
  1. 1.
    Connection; tie.
    “Man is doubtless one by some subtile nexus . . . extending from the new-born infant to the superannuated dotard.” De Quincey.