#joining__connection__connexion  the act of bringing two things into contact; "the joining of hands around the table"
  supertype:  change_of_integrity  the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
  subtype:  intersection  the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)
  subtype:  bringing_close_together__approximation  the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
  subtype:  concatenation  the act of linking together as in a series or chain
  subtype:  converging__convergence  the act of converging (coming closer)
     subtype:  merging__coming_together  the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"
        subtype:  concourse.merging__confluence  a coming together of people
  subtype:  coming_upon__encounter  a casual meeting with a person of thing
  subtype:  articulation.joining  the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
  subtype:  adjunction__junction  an act of joining or adjoining things
  subtype:  fastening__attachment  the act of fastening things together
     subtype:  soldering__bonding  fastening firmly together
     subtype:  doweling  fastening by dowels
     subtype:  grounding__earthing  fastening electrical equipment to earth
     subtype:  linkage  the act of linking things together
     subtype:  tying  the act of tying things together
        subtype:  ligation  tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as in surgery to prevent bleeding)
           subtype:  tubal_ligation__tuballigation  a sterilization procedure with women; both Fallopian tubes are tied in two places and the tubes removed in between the ligations
     subtype:  welding  fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure
        subtype:  butt_welding  creating a butt joint by welding
           subtype:  flash_welding__flashwelding__flash_butt_welding  butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them; used for joining segments of metal pipe

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