A mechanical device that connects things.
A connection or relation between things or ideas.
The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
The property of genes of being inherited together.
A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
A trade union; a workers' union.
An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
The act or state of marriage.
The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.
To combine sets using the union operation.