Noun: colligation ,kó-lu'gey-shun
- The connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
"The detective's colligation of seemingly unrelated clues led to solving the case"
- The state of being joined together
"The colligation of words in this phrase creates a unique meaning";
- junction, conjunction
Derived forms: colligations
Type of: association, connection, connexion [Brit], unification, union
Encyclopedia: Colligation