linkage
noun/ˈlɪŋkɪdʒ/
Etymology From link + -age.
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.
- Far from ignoring linkages between gays and the poor and working class, I specifically made the point that they are common victims of the bureaucratic revolution.1976 August 21, A. Nolder Gay, “Another View”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 8, page 4:
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software compilation The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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.
Government, Politics US, 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
- backward linkage, brand linkage, cross-linkage, delinkage, hyperlinkage, interlinkage, linkage disequilibrium, linkage editor, linkage map, linkage section, mislinkage, multilinkage, oxylinkage, relinkage