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ALLIGATION

Definitions: ALLIGATION

ALLIGATION

Noun

1. A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.

2. The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Alligation \Al`li*ga"tion\, noun. [Latin expression alligatio.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms within Context: ALLIGATION

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Junction

Noun: junction; joining; Verb: joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation; annexion, annexation, annexment; astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation; accouplement; marriage; (wedlock,); infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation; meeting, reunion; assemblage.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ALLIGATION

English words defined with "ALLIGATION": Alternate alligation. (references)

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Expression: ALLIGATION

Expression using "ALLIGATION": Alternate alligation. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ALLIGATION

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  alligation solution

2

  alligation

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: ALLIGATION

Language Translations for "ALLIGATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Mischungsrechnung (alligation alternate). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μίξη (admixture, alligating, interconnecting, mix, mixing, re-recording). (various references)

   

Manx

  

sniemmey (affix, anchylosis, joining, knit, knot, knotting, noose, tie; knitting, tying). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alligationay

   

Russian 

  

сплав (alloy, drive, fusion, fuss). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

stapanje (amalgamation, fusion, glide, merging), mešanje (immixture, interference, mixing, shuffle). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

legering (alloy, alloying). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "ALLIGATION"

Words rhyming with "ALLIGATION" (pronounced 'Al`li*ga"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ALLIGATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-i-l-l-n-o-t"

-2 letters: illation, intaglio, ligation.

-3 letters: alation, antilog, gallant, galliot, ignatia, intagli, lanital, lilting, logania, otalgia, tailing, tilling, toiling, tolling.

-4 letters: agnail, agonal, ailing, analog, atonal, galiot, gallon, gitano, latigo, latino, lintol, nilgai, oiling, talion, tiglon, tiling, toling.

-5 letters: aalii, again, aioli, alang, alant, algal, algin, align, allot, aloin, along, atoll, giant, glial, glint, gloat, gonia.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-i-l-l-n-o-t"
 

+1 letter: antilogical.

 

+2 letters: legalization.

 

+3 letters: agonistically, gallicization, globalization, legalizations, misallocating.

 

+4 letters: allegorization, diagnostically, gallicizations, globalizations, iatrogenically, illegalization, navigationally.

 

+5 letters: allegorizations, collateralizing, gravitationally, illegalizations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ALLIGATION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4C 4C 49 47 41 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .-..    .-..    ..    --.    .-    -    ..    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001100 01001100 01001001 01000111 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#76 &#73 &#71 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 004C 0049 0047 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35464643413554434948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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