Thesaurus: colligation

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1. n. A binding together.
2. n. 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.
3. n. the state of being joined together
4. n. the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
5. 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.
6. That process by which a number of isolated facts are broughtunder one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as whenKepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planetMars were points in an ellipse. "The colligation of facts." Whewell.Colligation is not always induction, but induction is alwayscolligation. J. S. Mill.
7. n. the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis