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jointure collapse: (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

merging collapse: the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"

linkage collapse: the act of linking things together; a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion; (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go); an associative relation

agglutination collapse: the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining; a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins); the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated

coupling collapse: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"; a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

intercommunication collapse: mutual communication; communication with each other; "they intercepted intercommunication between enemy ships"

liaison collapse: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

hookup collapse: a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose; a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers"

agglomeration collapse: the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating; a jumbled collection or mass

symbiosis collapse: the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other

confluence collapse: a flowing together; a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"

marriage collapse: the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel"; two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love"; the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"; a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas"

conjunction collapse: an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences; (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac; the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

splice collapse: a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together; "the break was due to an imperfect splice"; join by interweaving strands; "Splice the wires"; join together so as to form new genetic combinations; "splice genes"; join the ends of; "splice film"

conjugation collapse: a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms; the complete set of inflected forms of a verb; the inflection of verbs

conglomeration collapse: an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass; a rounded spherical form

concourse collapse: a coming together of people; a wide hallway in a building where people can walk

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