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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ling-kij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪŋ kɪdʒ



Definition of linkage

Origin :
  • 1874, from link (v.) + -age.
  • To understand the principle of Peaucellier's link-work, it is convenient to consider previously certain properties of a linkage, (to coin a new and useful word of general application), consisting of an arrangement of six links, obtained in the following manner ... (etc.). ["Recent Discoveries in Mechanical Conservation of Motion," in "Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine," vol. XI, July-December 1874]
  • noun relation
Example sentences :
  • I have not found the word "linkage" used earlier than Sylvester.
  • Extract from : « Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt » by Eugene S. Ferguson
  • In carrying on a stock of a lethal, advantage can be taken of linkage.
  • Extract from : « Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila » by Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • Evidently, by exercising this linkage of stimulus and response.
  • Extract from : « Psychology » by Robert S. Woodworth
  • When she was finished Rynason nodded for her to activate the linkage.
  • Extract from : « Warlord of Kor » by Terry Gene Carr
  • There is more than metaphor in such a comparison; there is the linkage of the immanent idea.
  • Extract from : « Nature Mysticism » by J. Edward Mercer
  • By kinematic synthesis is meant the designing of a linkage to produce a given series of motions for a particular purpose.
  • Extract from : « Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt » by Eugene S. Ferguson
  • It appears from a comment in this lecture that Sylvester was responsible for the word "linkage."
  • Extract from : « Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt » by Eugene S. Ferguson
  • According to Sylvester, a linkage consists of an even number of links, a "link-work" of an odd number.
  • Extract from : « Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt » by Eugene S. Ferguson
  • Brilliant as was the conception of this linkage, it was followed up by a synthesis that is very little short of incredible.
  • Extract from : « Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt » by Eugene S. Ferguson
  • This linkage, which was included in an extensive patent of 1784, and two alternative devices are illustrated here (fig. 9).
  • Extract from : « Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt » by Eugene S. Ferguson

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