The phrase "almost connected" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where two things are nearly joined or linked but not quite fully so.
Example: "The two ideas are almost connected, but they need further elaboration to clarify their relationship."
Alternatives: "nearly linked" or "close to being connected".
We prove a structure theorem for almost connected groups having this separation property for every closed subgroup.
The main result describes the structure of almost connected groups for which tensor products of representations in the reduced dual have compact supports.
Most of the known examples of Banach homogeneous reductive spaces (see [AS2], [ARS], [CPR2], [MR] and [M]) are particular cases of this construction, which moreover generalizes them, for example, to representations of amenable, type I or almost connected groups.
Following Duflo Vergne (for real reductive groups) and Khalgui Torasso (for real almost algebraic groups), we prove a Plancherel formula for almost connected solvable p-adic groups (p≠2).
Luke Berry dragged wide and Liam Hughes almost connected with Tom Elliott's cross as the U's edged the first half.
Gary Cahill almost connected with Gerrard's free-kick, but the visitors could not capitalise on their momentum and were punished.
Her presence is a thread that almost connects the disparate elements of the piece.
Muller almost connects with a through-ball but Lloris rushes off his line to foil them.
It almost connects you to childhood, when the world seems very magical". Watching him show a card trick was like seeing "Jimi Hendrix performing a guitar solo".
Moments later Joe Bryan almost connects with a cross from the right, and then an unmarked Marlon Pack heads a corner over at the near post.
Having enjoyed 72% possession in the first half, the hosts strengthened their grip on the game after the break with Wayne Rooney almost connecting with Van Persie's cross before being denied by a superb Stekelenburg save.
