COLLIGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colligation mean? 

• COLLIGATION (noun)
  The noun COLLIGATION has 2 senses:

1. the state of being joined together

2. the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis

  Familiarity information: COLLIGATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLIGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being joined together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

colligation; conjugation; conjunction; junction

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)

Sense 2

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)