the act of linking; state or manner of being linked.
a system of links.
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.
Ironically, in this dispute, the atheist Hoyle was on the side of the pope in seeing a linkage between the Big Bang and God.
Evangelicals Still Don’t Know What to Do With the Big Bang|Karl W. Giberson|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But we do not see any linkage in which we seek to give on one issue and receive on the other.
Netanyahu: The Road To Mideast Peace Runs Through Tehran|Ali Gharib|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Linkage or no linkage, the question as to Netanyahu's intentions remains.
A Very Israeli Linkage: Iran's Nuclear Bomb and Peace With Palestine|Nadav Eyal|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Linkage or no linkage, the question of Netanyahu's intentions remains.
A Very Israeli Linkage: Iran's Bomb and Peace With the Palestinians|Nadav Eyal|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And here comes the linkage theory, which is very popular these days in Israel.
A Very Israeli Linkage: Iran's Bomb and Peace With the Palestinians|Nadav Eyal|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
These were isolated by means of their linkage relations, and their mutual influence on the production of truncate wings was shown.
A Critique of the Theory of Evolution|Thomas Hunt Morgan
But the linkage held, and closer and closer Stevens drove the fourfold menace of his frightful dirigible bombs.
Spacehounds of IPC|Edward Elmer Smith
I have not found the word "linkage" used earlier than Sylvester.
Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt|Eugene S. Ferguson
The significance of the linkage apparently was not generally recognized.
Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt|Eugene S. Ferguson
When she was finished Rynason nodded for her to activate the linkage.
Warlord of Kor|Terry Gene Carr
British Dictionary definitions for 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
electronicsthe product of the total number of lines of magnetic flux and the number of turns in a coil or circuit through which they pass
geneticsthe 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