linkage

linkage
[[t]lɪ̱ŋkɪʤ[/t]]
linkages
1) N-VAR: oft N between/with/of n A linkage between two things is a link or connection between them. The linkage of two things is the act of linking or connecting them.

No one disputes the direct linkage between the unemployment rate and crime...

We're trying to establish linkages between these groups and financial institutions.

...the creation of new research materials by the linkage of previously existing sources.

2) N-UNCOUNT: oft N between/with n Linkage is an arrangement where one country agrees to do something only if another country agrees to do something in return.

There is no formal linkage between the two agreements...

He insisted that there could be no linkage with other Mideast problems...

Western diplomats firmly reject any linkage.


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  • linkage — LINKÁGE CAJ/ s. n. (biol.) înlănţuire (strânsă) a genelor care se găsesc în acelaşi cromozom. (< engl. linkage) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • linkage — 1874, from LINK (Cf. link) (v.) + AGE (Cf. age). To understand the principle of Peaucellier s link work, it is convenient to consider previously certain properties of a linkage, (to coin a new and useful word of general application), consisting… …   Etymology dictionary

  • linkage — [liŋk′ij] n. 1. a linking or being linked 2. a series or system of links, slides, cranks, wheels, or gears for transmitting power or motion 3. Biol. the tendency of some genes to remain together and act as a unit (linkage group) in inheritance,… …   English World dictionary

  • linkage — linkage. См. сцепление. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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