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linkage

link.age \'lin-kij\ n 1: the manner or style of being united : as  1a: the 
   manner in which atoms or radicals are linked in a molecule  1b: BOND  2: 
   the quality or state of being linked; esp : a relationship betwe en genes 
   that causes them to be manifested together in inheritance and that is usu. 
   considered to result from the location of such genes on the same chromosome 
   3a: a system of links; specif : a system of links or bars which are  
   jointed together and more or less constrained by having a link or links 
   fixed and by means of which straight or nearly straight lines or other 
   point paths may be traced 3b: the product of the magnetic flux through an 
   electrical coil by its numb er of turns with the magnetic flux and the coil 
   being connected like two links of a chain