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Pronunciation: [ˌalɪɡˈe͡ɪʃən] (IPA)

Alligation is a mathematical method used to find the ratio of two or more ingredients in a mixture of substances. This word is often used in chemistry and pharmacy to calculate the amount of an active ingredient needed to make a particular drug. Synonyms for alligation include mixture, combination, proportion, ratio, blending, and composition. Alligation can also be referred to as weighting problems, and considered a problem-solving technique to figure out the right combination of ingredients to make a desired solution. It is an important concept to understand, especially in the manufacturing and production industries, as it helps ensure the accuracy and quality of end products.
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Accordingly fourteen or fifteen boys, from ten to fourteen years of age, stepped out upon the dirt floor; we were told that they could work examples in percentage, interest, bonds and mortgages, discount, Alligation-which did we prefer?
"In Indian Mexico (1908)"
Frederick Starr
Truth to say, it was so long since we had studied Alligation, that we had really forgotten what it was, and so expressed a preference for it.
"In Indian Mexico (1908)"
Frederick Starr
The Rule of Alligation, in how sundry cases, doth it conclude for them, such precise verities, as neither by naturall witt, nor other experience, they, were hable, els, to know?
"The Mathematicall Praeface to Elements of Geometrie of Euclid of Megara"
John Dee

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