colligation

Noun

Meaning

That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

conjunction junction conjugation council congress assembly convention census confluence concourse collocation collection combination join gathering
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Antonyms

fork individual separate division conflict split
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Hypernyms

union association connexion connection unification

Hyponyms

induction generalization generalisation anastomosis inosculation synapse

Related terms

colligate colligative

Close letter words and terms

Colligan colligate colligated colligational colligative colligative property