Linkage may refer to: * ''Linkage'' (album), by J-pop singer Mami Kawada, released in 2010 * Linkage (graph theory), the maximum min-degree of any of its subgraphs * Linkage (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse * Linkage (hierarchical clustering), The linkage criterion determines the distance between sets of observations as a function of the pairwise distances between observations *

Linkage (linguistics) In historical linguistics, a linkage is a network of related dialects or languages that formed from a gradual diffusion and differentiation of a proto-language. The term was introduced by Malcolm Ross in his study of Western Oceanic languages ...

, a set of languages descended from a former dialect continuum * Linkage (mechanical), assemblies of links designed to manage forces and movement * Linkage (policy), a Cold War policy of the United States of America towards the Soviet Union and Communist China * Linkage (software), a concept in computer programming *

Genetic linkage Genetic linkage is the tendency of DNA sequences that are close together on a chromosome to be inherited together during the meiosis phase of sexual reproduction. Two genetic markers that are physically near to each other are unlikely to be separ ...

, the tendency of certain genes to be inherited together * Glycosidic linkage, a type of covalent bond that joins a carbohydrate (sugar) molecule to another chemical group * Flux linkage, the total flux passing through a surface formed by a closed conducting loop

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