Linkage

English

Noun

Linkage (plural Linkages)

1. A mechanical device that connects things.

   A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.

2. A connection or relation between things or ideas.
3. (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
4. (linguistics) A set of definitely related words for which no proto-language can be derived.

Synonyms

• (mechanical device that connects things):
• (connection or relation between things or ideas): association, bond, connection, link, relationship
• (in genetics):
• (in linguistics):

Derived terms

• linkage map

Thesaurus

accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, alliance, approximation, articulation, assemblage, association, bond, bracketing, closeness, clustering, combination, communication, concatenation, concourse, concurrence, confluence, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, connectedness, connection, contiguity, contrariety, convergence, copulation, coupling, dealings, deduction, disjunction, filiation, gathering, homology, hookup, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, intimacy, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, knotting, liaison, link, linking, marriage, meeting, merger, merging, mutual attraction, nearness, pairing, propinquity, proximity, rapport, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, similarity, splice, symbiosis, sympathy, tie, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, yoking

Etymology

link + -age

Translations

mechanical device that connects things

connection or relation between things or ideas

Finnish: yhteys (fi), sidos (fi) French: lien (fr) m., connection (fr) m., rapport (fr) m.

Italian: legame (it) m., connessione (it) f., rapporto (it) m.

in genetics

in linguistics

Anagrams

• leaking