linkage
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A mechanical device that connects things.
- (countable, uncountable) A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- (countable, uncountable) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- (countable, uncountable) The property of genes of being inherited together.
- (countable, uncountable) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
- (US, countable, historical, uncountable) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
Synonyms
gene linkage
Translations
unión
lien
Gestänge
ligação
linkage
connexióFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɪŋkɪdʒ/
Etymology
From link + -age.
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