Linkage

Definitions: Linkage

Linkage

Noun

1. An associative relation.

2. (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes.

3. A mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion.

4. The act of linking things together.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "linkage" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

Medicine

Public Administration

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

Crosswords: Linkage

French (linkage).

Books

• Advances in Protein Chemistry, Volume 51: Linkage Thermodynamics of Macromolecular Interactions (reference)

• Analysis of Human Genetic Linkage (reference)

• Linkage Inc.'s Best Practices in Leadership Development Handbook : Case Studies, Instruments, Training (reference)

• Linkage, Inc.'s Best Practices in Knowledge Management & Organizational Learning Handbook (reference)

• The Linkage Toolkit for Developing Leaders - Developing yourself, individuals, teams, and organizations for high-impact leadership (reference)

  (more book examples)

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

Health

For many women, sexual intercourse seems to trigger an infection, although the reasons for this linkage are unclear. (references)

Currently, investigators are conducting genetic linkage studies in large multigenerational families affected with TS in an effort to find the chromosomal location of the TS gene(s). (references)

Segregation studies should be done to determine likely patterns of transmission and to obtain estimates of genetic parameters necessary for the successful analysis of linkage studies. (references)

Business

Data acquisition systems are mainly required, by banks, to allow for a new linkage system between shopping centers and banks. (references)

KDN is now developing other management tools including facility planning, construction management, operation management, facility maintenance, with linkage to other systems. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kyrgyz Republic

The linkage between obtaining a residence permit and obtaining community services disproportionately impacted the growing number of internal migrants. (references)

Economic History

Portugal

Internet linkage is an important DTS in Portugal, especially for large companies. (references)

Spain

There are other sectors such as environmental technology with a close linkage to energy. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

The presence of military helicopters is the first apparent linkage of the military to acts of intimidation. (references)

Minorities

Macedonia

While religion has not been a focus of the conflict, both sides occasionally have targeted religious buildings due to the linkage between religion and ethnicity in the country. (references)

Worker Rights

Australia

Specifically, the ILO recommended that the Government amend the Workplace Relations Act to eliminate the linkage between restrictions on strike action and legal provisions on interference with trade and commerce. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "linkage": aileron linkage arrangement ♦ control linkage ♦ glycosidic linkage ♦ kinematic linkage ♦ Linkage (Genetics) ♦ Linkage Disequilibrium ♦ linkage editor ♦ linkage group ♦ linkage of data ♦ linkage of records ♦ linkage system ♦ Medical Record Linkage ♦ peptide linkage ♦ sex linkage ♦ steering linkage. Additional references.

Ending with "linkage": cross-linkage, de-linkage, earth-linkage, sex-linkage.

Albanian

lidhje (affinity, alliance, bandage, bearing, binding, bond, bracer, bracing, catena, communication, confederate, confederation, conjunction, connection, connexion, contact, cord, coupling, dressing, federation, join, joining, joint, knot, league, ligament, ligature, link, link up, nexus, rapport, regard, relation, relevance, relevancy, respect, seam, signalling, tap, tie, tie up, truss, tying), bashkim (affiliation, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, coalescence, community, compound, confederation, conflux, conjunction, consolidation, coupling, fusion, hookup, integration, interconnection, interflow, interfusion, joinder, joining, joint, junction, league, ligature, merger, reconcilability, reunion, seam, soldering, splice, unification, union, welding). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مجموعة أوصال, ‏ترابط (correlate, correlation, get together, interconnection), ‏علاقة (bond, connection, connexion, link, nexus, rapport, relation, relationship, relevance, respect, runner, shroud, tie), ‏صلة (communication, connection, connexion, copula, link, rapport, reference, relation, relationship, tie, touch), ‏الوصيلة طريقة تسلسل الذرات في جزيئ. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съединяване (affiliation, composition, incorporation, interflow, joinder, junction, juncture, link up, make), съединение (coalescence, combination, compound, conjugation, conjunction, fault, hookup, interconnection, interconnexion, interlock, join, joining, joint, junction, link, meeting, union), скачване (hitch), свързване (association, communication, concatenation, conjunction, connection, connexion, coordination, copulation, coupling, gathering, join, joining, joint, junction, juncture), свръзка (batman, bracing, housing, intercommunication, liaison, ligament, link, orderly), лостово предаване (leverage), лостов механизъм (leverage). (various references)

Chinese 

联结 (coupling, linkup). (various references)

Czech

vazba (arrest, binding, committal, contexture, custody, detention, government, hunk, ward, weave), souvislost (coherence, connection, context, continuity, link, relationship, thread). (various references)

Danish

led (article, articulation, disseminated erythematosus lupus, electro-luminescent diode, erythematosus lupus, joint, joints, light-emission diode, light-emitting diode, lupus, movable joint, systemic lupus erythematosus), tilkoblingsanordning (hitch), tilkobling (attachment, docking, engagement, hitch, hitching, locking), sammenkobling (coupling, docking, interconnected network, interconnected system, interconnecting network, interconnecting system, interconnection, twinning), krumtapmekanisme (crank drive, crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage system), krumtapdrev, kobling (clutch), forbindelsesled (hinge), flerledsmekanisme (crank drive, crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage system), befrugtningsform hos f.eks. bakterier (conjugation). (various references)

Dutch

verbinding (combination, connection), krukmechanisme (crank drive, crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage system), koppelmechanisme, koppeling van genen, koppeling (clutch), drijfstangenstelsel, binding (bond, tie). (various references)

Farsi 

وسیله ارتباط, حلقه های زنجیر, اتصال (Coitus, Conjuncture, Connexion, Contact, Continuity, Incorporation, Junction, Juncture, Union), رابطه (Bond, Habit, Liaison, Respect, Tie). (various references)

Finnish

vivusto, mekanismi (crank drive, crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage system), kytkentä (configuration, connection, coupling, coupling phase, lead, linking, operating, switching, twinning), ketju (chain, cordon, line), geenikompleksi. (various references)

French

tringlerie, linkage, lien (link). (various references)

German

kopplung (coupler, coupling, interconnection, interlinking, joining, linkup), gestänge (bars, struts). (various references)

Greek 

σύνδεσμος γονιδίων, σύνδεσμος (conjunction, ligament), σύνδεση (attachment, conjunction, connection, coupling, hookup, junction, ligature, link up, spanning, splice, syndication, tap), συνένωση γονιδίων, συνδεσμολογία (assembly), συνδετήρας (clip, staple), στοιχείο σύνδεσης, μηχανισμός στροφάλου (crank drive, crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage system), μηχανισμός μανιβέλας (crank drive, crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage system), αρθρωτό πολύγωνο (crank drive, crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage system), δεσμός (affair, bond, link between). (various references)

Hebrew 

תשלובת (combination, dovetailing, gear, gearing), שליבות, קשור (allied, band, binding, bound, connected, connection, joined, liaison, related, relation, relevant, tie, tied, tying), קשר (bond, communication, connection, converse, knot, liaison, link, linking, loop, nexus, node, noose, relation, relationship, tie), זיקה (affinity, attachment, bond, link, linking, rapport, relation, spark, sympathy, tie), חבור (attached to, connection, joined, joint, junction, linked, splice), הצמדות (fixation), הצמדה (joining, link, linking), רתוק (binding, chained, chaining, confined, confinement, connected, linked, tie up). (various references)

Hungarian

kapcsolódás (attach, coupling, joint, linking), kapcsolat (acquaintanceship, affair, affiliation, articulation, association, attach, conjunction, connection, connexion, dealings, hookup, intercommunication, liaison, link, link up, linking, nexus, passages, platonics, rapport, relation, relationship). (various references)

Indonesian

pertautan (bond, joining, uniting). (various references)

Italian

collegamento (connection, connexion, liaison, link). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

連関 (connection, relation), 連繋 (connection), 連動 (gearing), 絡み (entanglement, involvement, relationship), リンク装置 (abuse, beating, bullying, conditioner, linear, lymph, lynch, ring, ring binder, ring name, ring out, Ringer, ringside, rinse). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

リンケージ , リンクそうち, からみ (entanglement, involvement, relationship, saltytaste, traveling alone and with little luggage), れんどう (gearing), れんかん (connection, relation), れんけい (connection, co-operation, linking). (various references)

Korean 

결합 (Combine, Combining, combo, Conjunction, Consolidating, joining, uniting). (various references)

Pig Latin

inkagelay

Portuguese

linkage, ligação (attachment, binding, bond, call, catenation, coherence, coherency, conduit, connection, connexion, contact, coupling, cufflink, intercourse, joint, lead, liaison, link, nexus, slide, tie, touch, union), ligação de genes, ligação em cadeia, ligação mecânica, ligamento (bind, bond, bridle, ligament, ligature, tie), mecanismo de transmissão por manivela (crank drive, crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage system), união com elos, mecanismo tipo manivela (crank drive, crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage system), acoplamento (coupling, linked), prender (apprehend, arrest, attract, bind, bond, cage, capture, clip, confine, coop, cop, detain, drop behind, embay, fasten, gaol, gift shop, grapple, handsel, hoop, immobilize, incarceration, jail, jug, kennel, knit, lag, lock in, mewl, nab, pin, prison, quod, run in, secure, seize, shut, snaffle bit, take, take up), sistema articulado, sistema de ligação (hitch), união (bond, coalescence, concert, confederacy, coupling, joined, junction, knitting machine, knot, link up, marriage, matchup, union, unity, yoke), engate (clamp, clutch, coupler, coupling, gearing), comando por manivela (crank drive, crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage system), mecanismo articulado (crank drive, crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage system). (various references)

Russian 

сцепление (adherence, adhesion, catenation, clutch, cohesion, concatenation, coupling, friction, hookup, traction), соединение (articulation, butt-joint, call, catenation, coalescence, combination, communication, composition, compound, conjugation, conjunction, copulation, coupling, halving, hookup, join, joinder, joining, joint, junction, juncture, liason, ligature, link up, seam, splice, synthesis), сборка (assembly, confection, erection, installation, making-up, setting up, setting-up), компоновка. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zglobni spoj, vezivanje (binding, liaison, ligature, seizing, slur), povezivanje. (various references)

Spanish

unión (coalescence, coalition, commune, community, confederation, consolidation, coupling, federation, join, joining, joint, junction, league, link up, marriage, mating, merger, total, union), enlace (bond, connection, connexion, liaison, link, link up, list, marriage, meeting, relationship, starting point, tie up, union, wedding), articulación (articulation, formation, joint, knuckle, utterance), acoplamiento (attachment, clutch, coupler, coupling joint, hookup, link up). (various references)

Swedish

länksystem (link up). (various references)

Turkish

eklem (arthrosis, articulation, joint, knuckle, link), bağlantı (channel, commitment, communication, concern, connecting, connection, connexion, contact, contact man, coordination, coupling, dealings, header, hookup, intercourse, liaison, link, linkup, noose, relation, tap, tie, tie in, tie up), bağ (alliance, bandage, beginnings, binder, bond, brace, connection, connexion, copula, copulation, cord, corelate, daughter, desmo-, fascia, fastener, fastening, header, knot, lace, league, ligament, ligature, link, linkup, nexus, noose, relation, relationship, string, tie, tie up, truss, vinculum, vine, vineyard, yoke). (various references)

Ukranian 

зчеплення (adherence, adhesion, catenation, clutch, coherence, concatenation, coupling, friction, hookup, linking), з'єднання (articulation, association, coalescence, conjugation, conjunction, copulation, coupling, hookup, joinder, joining, junction, ligature, link up, linking, mounting, union). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự nối lại với nhau, sự liên hợp (association), sự kết hợp (aggregation, association, combination, conjunction, union). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "linkage": linkages. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Linkage" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lenage, lignage, linka, linkine, Linlake, sinkage. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: leaking.

-1 letter: alkine, genial, laking, linage.

-2 letters: agile, algin, alien, align, alike, aline, angel, angle, anile, ankle, eking, elain, glean, ingle, inkle, kiang, liane, liang, ligan, liken, linga.

-3 letters: agin, akin, anil, egal, elan, gaen, gain, gale, gane, gien, gink, glen, glia, ilea, ilka, kail, kain, kale, kane, kiln, kina, kine, king, lain, lake, lane.

+1 letter: fanglike, gnatlike, linkages, snaglike, weakling.

+2 letters: gavelkind, giantlike, lackering, lackeying, weaklings.

+3 letters: bechalking, becloaking, blackening, blanketing, gavelkinds, keelhaling, lovemaking, retackling, slackening, sneakingly.

+4 letters: blackenings, cakewalking, deadlocking, glucokinase, granitelike, keelhauling, lawbreaking, linebacking, lovemakings, nightwalker, overtalking, platemaking, racewalking, shellacking, skedaddling, steelmaking.

+5 letters: backpedaling, glucokinases, lawbreakings, linebackings, metalworking, nightwalkers, placekicking, platemakings, racewalkings, shellackings, sleepwalking, spacewalking, steelmakings.

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