Found 2 items, similar to colligation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: colligation colligation n 1: the state of being joined together [syn: junction, conjunction, conjugation] 2: the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
English → English (gcide) Definition: Colligation Colligation \Col`li*ga"tion\, n. [L. colligatio.] 1. A binding together. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Colligation is not always induction, but induction is always colligation. --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]