| n. | 1. | A binding together. |
| 2. | (Logic) That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse. |
| Noun | 1. | colligation - the state of being joined together |
| 2. | colligation - the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis |