noun
- the act or process of joining or connecting together; a joining or linking of things.
Usage: rare or archaic; more commonly expressed as 'connection' in modern English
Examples
- The connation of the two wires completed the electrical circuit.
- Historical texts sometimes use connation where we would now say connection.
- The connation of ideas in philosophy requires careful logical reasoning.
- Engineers studied the connation of structural elements in the bridge design.