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linkage

noun
/ˈlɪŋkɪdʒ/

Etymology

From link + -age.

  1. inherited from *kleng-✻
  2. inherited from *hlankaz✻ — “bendsome, flexible”
  3. inherited from *hlankiz✻
  4. derived from *hlenkr✻
  5. inherited from hlenċe
  6. inherited from linke
  7. suffixed as linkage — “link + age”

Definitions

  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.

    • 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.

  3. The act or result of linking

    The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The property of genes of being inherited together.

    2. A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived,…

      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.

    3. A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading…

      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.

The neighborhood

Derived

backward linkage, brand linkage, cross-linkage, delinkage, hyperlinkage, interlinkage, linkage disequilibrium, linkage editor, linkage map, linkage section, mislinkage, multilinkage, oxylinkage, relinkage

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at linkage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at linkage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at linkage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA