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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Alligation \Al`li*ga"tion\, n. [L. alligatio.]
1. The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or
the state of being attached. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
2. (Arith.) A rule relating to the solution of questions
concerning the compounding or mixing of different
ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or
values.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The rule is named from the method of connecting
together the terms by certain ligature-like signs.
Alligation is of two kinds, medial and alternate;
medial teaching the method of finding the price or
quality of a mixture of several simple ingredients
whose prices and qualities are known; alternate,
teaching the amount of each of several simple
ingredients whose prices or qualities are known, which
will be required to make a mixture of given price or
quality.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Alligation \Al`li*ga"tion\, n. [L. alligatio.]
1. The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or
the state of being attached. [R.]
2. (Arith.) A rule relating to the solution of questions
concerning the compounding or mixing of different
ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or
values.
Note: The rule is named from the method of connecting
together the terms by certain ligature-like signs.
Alligation is of two kinds, medial and alternate;
medial teaching the method of finding the price or
quality of a mixture of several simple ingredients
whose prices and qualities are known; alternate,
teaching the amount of each of several simple
ingredients whose prices or qualities are known, which
will be required to make a mixture of given price or
quality.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
alligation
n.
1 (lb en obsolete) The act of tie together or attaching by some bond.
2 (lb en obsolete) The state of being attached.
3 (lb en obsolete) An old practical method of solving arithmetic
problems related to mixtures of ingredients.
n.
(misspelling of en allegation)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
alligation
n.
1 (lb en obsolete) The act of tie together or attaching by some bond.
2 (lb en obsolete) The state of being attached.
3 (lb en obsolete) An old practical method of solving arithmetic
problems related to mixtures of ingredients.
n.
(misspelling of en allegation)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
alligation
n.
1 (lb en obsolete) The act of tie together or attaching by some bond.
2 (lb en obsolete) The state of being attached.
3 (lb en obsolete) An old practical method of solving arithmetic
problems related to mixtures of ingredients.
n.
(misspelling of en allegation)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
alligation
n.
1 (lb en obsolete) The act of tie together or attaching by some bond.
2 (lb en obsolete) The state of being attached.
3 (lb en obsolete) An old practical method of solving arithmetic
problems related to mixtures of ingredients.
n.
(misspelling of en allegation)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Alligation /ˌalɪɡˈeɪʃən/
الدمج
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
和均性
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