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Answer for the clue "The connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis ", 11 letters:
colligation

Word definitions for colligation in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being joined together [syn: junction , conjunction , conjugation ] the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Colligation \Col`li*ga"tion\, n. [L. colligatio.] A binding together. --Sir T. Browne. (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 ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A binding together. 2 (context logic English) The formulation of a general hypothesis which seeks to connect two or more facts. 3 (context linguistics English) The co-occurrence of syntactic categories, usually within a sentence.

Usage examples of colligation.

The art of healing also has achieved some of its most glorious triumphs in the compressions, extensions, trepannings, colligations, and other surgical or diaetetic operations by which Irregularity has been partly or wholly cured.