Colligation

col·li·gate  (kl-gt)

tr.v. col·li·gat·ed, col·li·gat·ing, col·li·gates

1. To tie or group together.

2. Logic To bring (isolated facts) together by an explanation or hypothesis that applies to them all.

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[Latin colligre, colligt- : com-, com- + ligre, to tie, bind; see leig- in Indo-European roots.]

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colli·gation n.

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Colligation conjunction; alliance; union; the binding together or the linking of a number of isolated facts—Wilkes.

Examples: colligation of facts, 1837; of kingdoms, 1651; of [blood] vessels, 1646.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	colligation - the state of being joined together conjugation, conjunction, junction anastomosis, inosculation - a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous synapse - the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters" unification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"
	2.	colligation - the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis connexion, association, connection - the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" generalization, inductive reasoning, generalisation, induction - reasoning from detailed facts to general principles