linkage

  1. Noun.  A mechanical device that connects things.
  2. Noun.  A connection or relation between things or ideas.
  3. Noun.  (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
  4. Noun.  (linguistics) A set of definitely related words for which no proto-language can be derived.

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