Noun colligation has 2 senses
  1. junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation - the state of being joined together
    --1 is a kind of union, unification
    --1 has particulars: anastomosis, inosculation; synapse
    Derived form: verb colligate1
  2. colligation - the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
    --2 is a kind of
    association, connection, connexion
    --2 has particulars:
     generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning
    Derived forms: verb colligate1, verb colligate2
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