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      linkage
      noun
      A connection or relation between things or ideas.
      A mechanical device that connects things.
      (software compilation) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
      (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
      (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.
      (US, politics, historical) 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.
      Roots
      hlenkrlink- · Old Norse · link, chain-ring-aticum-age · Latin · collection, action
      Synonyms for linkage
      linknconnectionnrelatednessncouplingnconnectednessnrelationnliaisonnhookupnrelationshipnconcatenationn
      Words related to linkage
      linkupnunlinkedadjlinkworkrelinkinterrelationnlinkableadjcorelationnaffinitiveadjlinkmanninterrelationshipnconnectingvconnectivelyadvconnectorncorrelationnconnectiveadjinterconnectionninterrelatednessnkinshipnconnectsvinterlinkvnexusnhyperlinknconnectivitynclevisncouplerninterdependencynconnectedadjreconnectionncorrelationaladjaffinedadj

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