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kɪdʒ noun
2.
a system of links.
3.
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.
4.
Machinery. an assembly of four or more rods for transmitting motion, usually in the same plane or in parallel planes.
5.
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.
6.
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.
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Electricity, flux linkage.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of linking or the state of being linked |
| 2. | a system of interconnected levers or rods for transmitting or regulating the motion of a mechanism |
| 3. | 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 |
| 4. | 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 |
| 5. | the fact of linking separate but related issues in the course of political negotiations |
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Medical Dictionary
linkage link·age (lĭng'kĭj)
n.
An association between two or more genes such that the traits they control tend to be inherited together.
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Example sentences
There are amazing lengths and ways how treat can be used to build emotional linkage.
Actually, if the team's claim holds up, it will be the first confirmed linkage of a specific gene to any complex behavioral trait.
Rising affluence clearly affected politics, but scholars observed that the linkage was complicated.
To get a handle on these particular details the authors looked at two statistics, linkage disequilibrium and runs-of-homozygosity.
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