Hypertext Webster Gateway: "linkage"
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) 1.7 (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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