English Dictionary

linkage

noun

A mechanical device that connects things. / A connection or relation between things or ideas.

The linkage between the gears allows the machine to function properly.

意味（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.

意味（2）

A connection or relation between things or ideas.

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

(genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.

意味（5）

(linguistics) 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.

意味（6）

(US, politics, historical) 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.