Linkage

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Chem.) Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of


        the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.
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     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.
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     4. Any object, factor, or relationship that creates a bond or
        association between two other objects.
        [PJC]
  
     5. Specifically: (Genetics) The proximity of two or more
        genes on the genome of an organism that causes those genes
        to be inherited, transferred, or moved together with a
        frequency greater than for genes not associated. The
        linkage is a continuous variable, and is inversely related
        to the distance between genes on the genome.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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; all of
          the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes
          they all go) [syn: {gene linkage}]
       3: a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that
          transmits power or motion
       4: the act of linking things together

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "linkage":
     accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity,
     agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, alliance, approximation,
     articulation, assemblage, association, bond, bracketing, closeness,
     clustering, combination, communication, concatenation, concourse,
     concurrence, confluence, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation,
     conjunction, connectedness, connection, contiguity, contrariety,
     convergence, copulation, coupling, dealings, deduction,
     disjunction, filiation, gathering, homology, hookup,
     intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, intimacy, joinder,
     joining, jointure, junction, knotting, liaison, link, linking,
     marriage, meeting, merger, merging, mutual attraction, nearness,
     pairing, propinquity, proximity, rapport, relatedness, relation,
     relations, relationship, similarity, splice, symbiosis, sympathy,
     tie, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, yoking