linkage

1. (countable, uncountable)A mechanical device that connects things.

   A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.

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   шарни́рный механи́змšarnírnyj mexanízm

2. (countable, uncountable)A connection or relation between things or ideas.

   an associative relation

3. (countable, uncountable)The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.

   the act of linking things together

4. (countable, uncountable)The property of genes of being inherited together.

   (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)

5. (countable, uncountable)A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.

6. (US, countable, historical, uncountable)A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.

1. Four-bar linkages are used in a huge variety of applications, from car suspensions to folding chairs.

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2. The 15-member Security Council heard repeated references to the linkage between poverty and conflict throughout the world.

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3. The linkage between the RV and the car was weak, allowing for the car to be left behind at the first pothole.

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