linkage.
A mechanical device that connects things.
Meaning & usage
A mechanical device that connects things.
A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.
A connection or relation between things or ideas.
The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
The property of genes of being inherited together.
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English link Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English linkage From link + -age.
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