linkage

English

Etymology

link +‎ -age

Noun

linkage (countable and uncountable, 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 languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• backward linkage
• brand linkage
• hyperlinkage
• interlinkage
• linkage disequilibrium
• linkage map
• linkage section
• mislinkage
• oxylinkage
• relinkage

 

Translations

mechanical device that connects things

• French: timonerie (fr) f
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connection or relation between things or ideas — see link

in genetics

• French: liaison (fr)
• Italian: linkage
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• Portuguese: ligamento (pt)
• Spanish: ligamiento (es)

in linguistics

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References

• Joe Miller (2018 January 24) “Davos jargon: A crime against the English language?”, in BBC News‎^[1], BBC

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