0 a weak part, especially the weakest part of something:
We observe greater probabilities of survival for rivalries in which the weak link of the dyad exhibits low levels of democracy and development.
In general, the dissipation rate model (with constant coefficients) represents a major weak link in turbulence modelling of complex flows.
The weak link in this impressive assembly of evidence is the archaeology.
Yet, as in the earlier phase, a weak link could cause the whole plan to unravel.
Analysis of this relationship suggested there was at best a very weak link indeed.
The weak link between copper and both arsenic and chromium suggests that copper is also present in other sources of waste.
This chain of developments has a problematic weak link: after parasitic delinking, why does the floating mora skip the final consonant and dock onto the tonic vowel?
Instead, the data provide only a weak link between peer rejection and antisocial peer involvement and a nonsignificant link between early externalizing problems and antisocial peer involvement.