The act of binding, connecting, or joining things together; specifically, applying the medieval mathematical technique of alligation.
Present participle of 'alligate,' from Latin 'alligare.' Creates a verbal noun or gerund form for the ongoing action of binding or joining.
Medieval merchants literally used 'alligating' calculations to figure out how much cheap spice to mix with expensive spice to hit a target price—it's the original business math problem.
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