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linkage |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Linkage \Link"age\ (l[i^][ng]k"[asl]j; 48), n. 1. The act of linking; the state of being linked; also a system of links. 2. (Chem.) Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule. 3. (Geom.) A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: linkage n 1: an associative relation 2: (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes 3: a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion 4: the act of linking things together
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