LINKAGE Definition & Meaning

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linkage

[ ling-kij ]

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noun

the act of linking; link; state or manner of being linked. link. linked.
a system of links. link. links.
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

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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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of linkage¹

First recorded in 1870–75; link ¹ + -age

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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."

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“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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“You usually don’t say, well I’ll help someone who’s drowning but only if I get a million-dollar check and a free Dodgers ticket. So I’m not at all happy with any linkage.”

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Deputy US ambassador to the UN, Robert Wood, said the document "abandoned" the necessity for there to be "a linkage between a ceasefire and the release of hostages".

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"Our eureka moment was when our first experiments showed it is possible to produce electricity in a cyclic rhythm and the precise linkage between this and the plant's inherent daily rhythm," Chakraborty said.

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