collocation
noun
the act of collocating.
collocations
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pluralof collocation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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All these are temporary collocations of atoms; and it appears now that an atom may break up into electric charges, and these again may some day be found capable of resolving themselves into pristine ether.
From Life and Matter A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's 'Riddle of the Universe' by Sir Oliver Lodge
Derivative laws commonly depend on collocations 39 3.
From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II by John Stuart Mill
The derivative law in this case depends not solely on laws, but on a collocation; and collocations can not be reduced to any law.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by John Stuart Mill
Nyâya-Vais`e@sika regarded all effects as being due to the assemblage of certain collocations which unconditionally, invariably, and immediately preceded these effects.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta
But collocations of stars are by no means limited to two.
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage
