COLLIGATION

colligation

(noun) the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis

junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation

(noun) the state of being joined together

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

colligation (countable and uncountable, plural colligations)

A binding together.

(logic) The formulation of a general hypothesis which seeks to connect two or more facts.

(linguistics) The co-occurrence of syntactic categories, usually within a sentence.

Source: Wiktionary

Col`li*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. colligatio.]

1. A binding together. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Logic)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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