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linkage

  • /ˈlɪŋkɪdʒ/

noun linkages

  1. countable, uncountable 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. countable, uncountable 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.

    Similar: association, bond, connection, link, relationship

  3. countable, uncountable The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
  4. countable, uncountable The property of genes of being inherited together.
  5. countable, uncountable 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.
  6. US, countable, historical, uncountable 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: linker, linked, interlinkage, linking, link, interconnect, interlinking, connect, interconnection, interworking, interface, assemblage, junction, interconnectedness, connection, nexus

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noun mechanical device that connects things

Españolenlazadura, enlazamiento, varillaje
Françaistimonerie
DeutschKopplung
Русскийшарни́рный механи́зм šarnírnyj mexanízm

noun connection or relation between things or ideas

Españolenlazadura, enlazamiento

noun in genetics

Españolligamiento
Portuguêsligamento
Françaisliaison
Italianolinkage, associazione

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"linkage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/linkage.

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@misc{linkage_2026,
  title = {linkage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/linkage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}