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 joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.
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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
