colligation

Found in thesaurus: unification, union, association, connexion, connection

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colligation

Noun
1. the state of being joined together
(synonym) junction, conjunction, conjugation
(hypernym) union, unification
(hyponym) anastomosis, inosculation
(derivation) associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
2. the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
(hypernym) association, connection, connexion
(hyponym) generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning
(derivation) associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Colligation

(n.)
That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse.

(n.)
A binding together.

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