linkage

関連、つながり

物事や人、考えの間にある関係。

やさしい英語で： A connection between things, people, or ideas.

• There is a clear linkage between poverty and poor health.
• The report explores linkages between education and employment.
• They questioned the linkage of trade policy to human rights.

使い方： linkage between A and B (The study found a linkage between stress and poor sleep.); linkage of A to B (They opposed the linkage of aid to political support.)

類義語： connection, link, relationship

よく使う表現： linkage between things, direct linkage, political linkage

リンク機構

機械の部品をつなぎ、その間で動きを伝える可動部品の組み合わせ。

やさしい英語で： A set of moving parts that joins parts of a machine and passes movement between them.

• The steering linkage is broken.
• A mechanic replaced the linkage between the pedal and the brake.
• These linkages let the machine move smoothly.

類義語： connecting mechanism

よく使う表現： steering linkage, gear linkage, mechanical linkage

リンク

別々のコードを結び合わせ、一つのプログラムやライブラリにする処理。

やさしい英語で： The process of joining separate pieces of computer code into one program or library.

• The build failed during linkage.
• Static linkage includes the required library code in the program.
• A missing symbol caused a linkage error.

類義語： linking

よく使う表現： static linkage, dynamic linkage, linkage error

遺伝的連鎖

染色体上で近くにある遺伝子が、親から子へ一緒に伝わりやすいこと。

やさしい英語で： The tendency of genes close together on a chromosome to pass from parent to child together.

• These genes show strong linkage.
• Genetic linkage can help researchers locate a gene.
• The team used linkage analysis to study the inherited condition.

よく使う表現： genetic linkage, gene linkage, linkage analysis