colligation

Other forms: colligations

Definitions of colligation

1. noun

   the state of being joined together
   synonyms: conjugation, conjunction, junction

   types:

   anastomosis, inosculation

   a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous

   synapse

   the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle

   myoneural junction, neuromuscular junction

   the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies

   type of:

   unification, union

   the state of being joined or united or linked
2. noun

   the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
   types:

   generalisation, generalization, induction, inductive reasoning

   reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

   type of:

   association, connection, connexion

   the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination