colligation

Plural: colligations

Noun

• the state of being joined together
• the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
• A binding together.
• The formulation of a general hypothesis which seeks to connect two or more facts.
• The co-occurrence of syntactic categories, usually within a sentence.

Synonyms

conjugation, conjunction, junction

Related Words

colligate, colligative, collocation, intersection, ligation