colligation

/ˌkɑlɪˈɡeɪʃən/
noun
  1. The act or process of linking things together, especially ideas or facts, in a logical way.
    • Historians often rely on the colligation of scattered documents to reconstruct the past.
    • Good writing requires the colligation of evidence and argument.
    • The colligation of these two theories led to a breakthrough in physics.
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