| linkage [`liŋ·kij] COMPUTER SCIENCE In programming, coding that connects two separately coded routines. ELECTROMAGNETISM See <<flux linkage>> GENETICS Failure of nonallelic genes to recombine at random as a result of their being located within the same chromosome or chromosome fragment. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING A mechanism that transfers motion in a desired manner by using some combination of bar links, slides, pivots, and rotating members. |