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===Etymology=== |
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# A mechanical device that connects things. |
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#: {{ux|en|A '''linkage''' in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.}} |
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# A connection or relation between things or ideas. |
# A connection or relation between things or ideas. |
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====Related terms==== |
====Related terms==== |
Revision as of 17:10, 6 May 2023
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
linkage (countable and uncountable, plural linkages)
- A mechanical device that connects things.
- A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.
- A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- Synonyms: association, bond, connection, link, relationship
- (software compilation) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
- (linguistics) 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, politics, historical) 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.
Derived terms
Related terms
(compilation):
Translations
mechanical device that connects things
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connection or relation between things or ideas — see link
in genetics
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in linguistics
References
- Joe Miller (2018 January 24) “Davos jargon: A crime against the English language?”, in BBC News[1], BBC
Anagrams
French
Noun
linkage m (plural linkages)
Further reading
- “linkage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -age
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Compilation
- en:Genetics
- en:Linguistics
- American English
- en:Politics
- English terms with historical senses
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French terms spelled with K
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Genetics