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linkage
[ ling-kij ]
noun
- Genetics. an association between two or more genes on a chromosome that tends to cause the characteristics determined by these genes to be inherited as an inseparable unit.
- Machinery. an assembly of four or more rods for transmitting motion, usually in the same plane or in parallel planes.
- a factor or relationship that connects or ties one thing to another; link:
Administration officials sought to establish linkage between grain sales and relaxed immigration laws.
- any of various mathematical or drawing devices consisting of a combination of bars or pieces pivoted together so as to turn about one another, usually in parallel planes.
- Electricity. flux linkage.
linkage
/ ˈɪŋɪ /
noun
- the act of linking or the state of being linked
- a system of interconnected levers or rods for transmitting or regulating the motion of a mechanism
- electronics the product of the total number of lines of magnetic flux and the number of turns in a coil or circuit through which they pass
- genetics the occurrence of two genes close together on the same chromosome so that they are unlikely to be separated during crossing over and tend to be inherited as a single unit
- the fact of linking separate but related issues in the course of political negotiations
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·a adjective
Example Sentences
Or, as Derricotte has put it, the focus is on “doing the work” and seeing traditions and aesthetics, lineages and linkages, constantly forged and foregrounded.
In their refusal, New York officials directly challenged the linkage to the Supreme Court case cited by Trainor.
But New York officials challenged the linkage to the Supreme Court case.
He added: "The more we look the more the linkages between the 18th Century Atlantic world, Britain as a society and a culture become apparent."
“We share a lot of linkages with the U.S., but we have so many differences. Healthcare policy. School shootings. We like not having as many guns.”
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