linkage
連結 / 結合
解説 Definition
linkage は連結、結合、関連という意味の名詞です。機械の部品同士のつながりや、物事の間の関係を表す一般名詞として使われます。
Linkage is a connection or relationship between two or more things. It can also mean a mechanical arrangement of linked parts that transfers movement or force from one component to another.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
linkage は link「鎖の一環、つながり」に、状態や仕組みを表す -age を加えた名詞です。鎖の輪が連なる像から、機械の linkage between two parts と、抽象的な linkage between training and performance の両方を覚えます。link が個々の接続や動詞にもなるのに対し、linkage は連結機構または関連が成立している状態を指します。
Linkage combines link with the noun-forming suffix -age. Picture several links in a chain: each part connects to another, creating either a physical mechanism or an abstract relationship. In engineering, a linkage is an arrangement of connected parts that transfers motion or force. In general discussion, “a linkage between training and performance” means that the two are related. Link is broader and can name one connection or function as a verb; linkage usually emphasizes the connected system or the established relationship. Learn the pattern “a linkage between A and B.”
例文
The engineer checked the linkage between the two parts.
技師は二つの部品の連結部分を確認しました。
There is a clear linkage between training and performance.
訓練と成果の間には明確な関連があります。
The system failed because the linkage was damaged.
連結部が損傷していたため、そのシステムは故障しました。
linkage の類義語・関連語
linkage の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語 link（鎖の環、つながり）＋接尾辞 -age（状態・結果）で構成。link は古ノルド語 *hlenkr（鎖の輪）に由来し、鎖の環が連なるイメージが「結合・連結」の意味を生んだ。関連語: link（連結する）、interlink（相互に結ぶ）。物事が鎖状につながる状態を抽象的に表す語。
Linkage was formed in English from link plus the suffix -age, which can indicate a state, process, result, or collective arrangement. Link in the sense of a ring in a chain is of Germanic origin and is commonly associated with Old Norse hlekkr, “chain link.” The physical image of joined rings produced both the mechanical sense of connected parts and the abstract sense of a relationship between things.
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