Part of Speech: noun

Senses and Usages:

1. Sense: A mathematical technique used to calculate the proportion of ingredients necessary to create a desired mixture or solution.

   Sample Sentence: Alligation can be particularly useful in pharmacy practices for determining the quantities of drugs with different strengths needed to prepare a specific medication.

2. Sense: A method of solving problems by the proportional combining of parts or quantities.

   Sample Sentence: Alligation can be applied to various scenarios such as finding the average speed of a vehicle during different parts of a journey.

3. Sense: Popular usage: None found.
4. Sense: Local usage: None found.

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