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A mechanical device that connects things. examples
A connection or relation between things or ideas. examples
(software compilation) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file. examples
(genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together. examples
(linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund. examples
(US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.