bondsbetween

Bondsbetween is a term used in network science and interdisciplinary studies to describe the relationships that connect two or more entities within a system. The term is not tied to a single discipline and is often used to discuss the qualitative and quantitative properties of links, analogous to chemical bonds but extended to social, informational, or infrastructural networks.

In this conceptual framework, a bond between entities can have attributes such as bond type (for example, chemical, social, informational), bond strength (the magnitude or reliability of the interaction), duration (whether the bond is transient or persistent), directionality, and context dependence. Bonds can form, strengthen, weaken, or break over time, leading to dynamic network topology.

Applications include modeling molecular assemblies, analyzing social networks to measure cohesion, or evaluating supply chains and communication networks. In data science, bondsbetween-inspired representations may be encoded as weighted edges in graphs, used in link prediction and community detection.

Relationship to established concepts: the idea parallels edges in graph theory, ties in social network analysis, and bonds in chemistry, but "bondsbetween" emphasizes the bond as a unit with interpretable physical or social meaning.

History and usage: The phrase has appeared in interdisciplinary discussions and some academic and commercial literature as a convenient shorthand for studying interactions, but it is not an established formal term with a single canonical definition. Researchers typically specify the exact meaning of bond type, strength, and dynamics in their context.

See also: graph theory, social network analysis, chemical bonding, edge (graph theory), adjacency matrix, link prediction.