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linkage
[ ling-kij ]
noun
- Genetics. an association between two or more genes on a chromosome that tends to cause the characteristics determined by these genes to be inherited as an inseparable unit.
- Machinery. an assembly of four or more rods for transmitting motion, usually in the same plane or in parallel planes.
- a factor or relationship that connects or ties one thing to another; link:
Administration officials sought to establish linkage between grain sales and relaxed immigration laws.
- any of various mathematical or drawing devices consisting of a combination of bars or pieces pivoted together so as to turn about one another, usually in parallel planes.
- Electricity. flux linkage.
linkage
/ ˈlɪŋkɪdʒ /
noun
- the act of linking or the state of being linked
- a system of interconnected levers or rods for transmitting or regulating the motion of a mechanism
- electronics the product of the total number of lines of magnetic flux and the number of turns in a coil or circuit through which they pass
- genetics the occurrence of two genes close together on the same chromosome so that they are unlikely to be separated during crossing over and tend to be inherited as a single unit
- the fact of linking separate but related issues in the course of political negotiations
Other Words From
- non·linkage adjective
Example Sentences
This requires significant investment in community-based approaches and linkage to care.
He became frustrated with running his fund because, he says, there was no “clear linkage between process and outcome.”
Beyond social media platforms, we also studied linkage patterns across the web, looking at almost 20 billion links over three years.
Marc Joanisse finds the new study on brain linkages “a unique step forward in how we think about brain differences in children with learning disabilities.”
Grab the rear suspension and twist it side to side, feeling for looseness in the linkage, which means pivot bearings are toast and should be replaced.
Ironically, in this dispute, the atheist Hoyle was on the side of the pope in seeing a linkage between the Big Bang and God.
But we do not see any linkage in which we seek to give on one issue and receive on the other.
Linkage or no linkage, the question as to Netanyahu's intentions remains.
Linkage or no linkage, the question of Netanyahu's intentions remains.
And here comes the linkage theory, which is very popular these days in Israel.
Well, with the direct linkage of minds the work should go faster.
When she was finished Rynason nodded for her to activate the linkage.
Now comes this horrible linkage with a miserable brute to either shock and confound him or to degrade him.
Morgan assumes that this exchange accounts for certain deviations in the ratio of linkage.
According to the chromosome theory linkage should occur only when factors lie in the same chromosome.
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