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COLLIGATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("colligation" is a kind of...):
association; connection; connexion (the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colligation"):
generalisation; generalization; induction; inductive reasoning (reasoning from detailed facts to general principles)
Derivation:
colligate (consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle)
colligate (make a logical or causal connection)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being joined together
Synonyms:
colligation; conjugation; conjunction; junction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("colligation" is a kind of...):
unification; union (the state of being joined or united or linked)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colligation"):
anastomosis; inosculation (a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous)
synapse (the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle)
Derivation:
colligate (make a logical or causal connection)
