colligation — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A binding together.

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   Synonyme

   ligationligature

   Beispiele

   Near-synonyms: ligation, ligature

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   These therefore the midwife cutteth off, contriving them into a knot close unto the body of the Infant; from whence ensueth that tortuosity or complicated nodosity we usually call the Navell; occasioned by the colligation of the vessels before mentioned.

2. The formulation of a general hypothesis which seeks to connect two or more facts.

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   Induction is a term applied to describe the process of a true Colligation of Facts by means of an exact and appropriate Conception.

   the colligation of facts

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   In order to have knowledge of the physical world, we use our ideas and concepts as the "thread" on which we string the facts about the world, the "pearls." We do this by a process Whewell called colligation.

3. The co-occurrence of syntactic categories, usually within a sentence.

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Substantiv

1. the state of being joined together

   Synonyme

   junctionconjunctionconjugation

   Oberbegriffe

   unionunification

2. the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis

   Oberbegriffe

   associationconnectionconnexion