Linkage

Noun

 * 1) A mechanical device that connects things.
 * A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.
 * 1) A connection or relation between things or ideas.
 * 2)  The property of genes of being inherited together.
 * 3)  A set of definitely related words for which no proto-language can be derived.

Synonyms

 * (mechanical device that connects things):
 * (connection or relation between things or ideas): association, bond, connection, link, relationship
 * (in genetics):
 * (in linguistics):

Derived terms

 * linkage map

Thesaurus
accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, alliance, approximation, articulation, assemblage, association, bond, bracketing, closeness, clustering, combination, communication, concatenation, concourse, concurrence, confluence, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, connectedness, connection, contiguity, contrariety, convergence, copulation, coupling, dealings, deduction, disjunction, filiation, gathering, homology, hookup, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, intimacy, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, knotting, liaison, link, linking, marriage, meeting, merger, merging, mutual attraction, nearness, pairing, propinquity, proximity, rapport, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, similarity, splice, symbiosis, sympathy, tie, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, yoking

Etymology
link + -age

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,


 * Italian:, ,

Anagrams

 * leaking