Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - missing link
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Missing link
missing link
~ n 1 a piece of information that you need in order to solve a problem (a discovery which could provide a new direction towards finding the missing link in the search for a cure for cancer) 2 the missing link an animal similar to humans that may have existed at the time when apes (ape1 (1)) developed into humans (The race is on to find the missing link in our evolution.)
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1.
(missing links) The missing link in a situation is the piece of information or evidence that you need in order to make your knowledge or understanding of something complete. We’re dealing with probably the biggest missing link in what we know about human evolution. N-COUNT: usu sing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Date: 1851 1. an absent member needed to complete a series or resolve a problem 2. a. a hypothetical intermediate evolutionary form between humans and their presumed simian progenitors b. a hypothetical intermediate evolutionary form between one animal species or group and its presumed ancestors a ~ between reptiles and birds ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1. Something needed to complete a group; a missing part of a chain of things. * /A 1936 penny was the missing link in John's collection of pennies./ * /The detective hunted for the fact that was the missing link in the case./ 2. An unknown extinct animal that was supposed to be a connection between man and lower animals. * /The missing link would be half man and half ape./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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