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Colligation

Colligation Meaning & Definition
Colligation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Colligation?

[n] the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
[n] the state of being joined together

Synonyms | Synonyms for Colligation: conjugation | conjunction | junction

Related Terms | Find terms related to Colligation:

See Also | anastomosis | association | connection | connexion | generalisation | generalization | induction | inductive reasoning | inosculation | synapse | unification | union

Colligation In Webster's Dictionary

\Col`li*ga"tion\, n. [L. colligatio.] 1. A binding together. --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Logic) 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. ``The colligation of facts.'' --Whewell. Colligation is not always induction, but induction is always colligation. --J. S. Mill.

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