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) A mechanical linkage is an assembly of systems connected so as to manage forces and Motion, movement. The movement of a body, or link, is studied using geometry so the link is considered to be Rigid body, rigid. The connections between links ...

, assemblies of links designed to manage forces and movement *

Linkage (policy) Linkage was a foreign policy that was pursued by the United States and championed by Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the 1970s détente, during the Cold War. The policy aimed to persuade the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revoluti ...

, 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 Nucleic acid sequence, DNA sequences that are close together on a chromosome to be inherited together during the meiosis phase of sexual reproduction. Two Genetic marker, genetic markers that are physically near ...

, the tendency of certain genes to be inherited together *

Glycosidic linkage A glycosidic bond or glycosidic linkage is a type of ether bond that joins a carbohydrate (sugar) molecule to another group, which may or may not be another carbohydrate. A glycosidic bond is formed between the hemiacetal or hemiketal group o ...

, 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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