n 1  :  the act or process of transmitting information (as about ideas, attitudes, emotions, or objective behavior) <nonverbal interpersonal >  <emotional between parent and child -G. S. Blum>   a  :  exchange of information between individuals through a common system of signs, symbols, or behavior <pictorial representation is a usable channel of between humans and the chimpanzee>  <the function of pheromones in insect >   b  :  personal rapport <a lack of between young and old persons>   2  :  information communicated  3  :  a connection between bodily parts <an artificial between the esophagus and the stomach>  .
 
 
 
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