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Webster 1913 Edition
Colligation
Colˊli-ga′tion
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Colligation
COLLIGATION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
colligation
colligation
English
Noun
colligation (plural colligations)
- A binding together.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)
- (logic) The formulation of a general hypothesis which seeks to connect two or more facts.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Whewell to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of John Stuart Mill to this entry?)
- (linguistics) The co-occurrence of syntactic categories, usually within a sentence.
Translations
formulation of a general hypothesis
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co-occurrence of syntactic categories
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Derived terms
See also
- (logic): intersection
- (linguistics): collocation