LINKAGE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.

2.
n.

Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.

3.
n.

A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joins, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.