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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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