Usually means: Connecting two or more characters.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word ligatures:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. ligatures: Merriam-Webster
  2. ligatures: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ligatures: Vocabulary.com
  4. ligatures: Wordnik
  5. ligatures: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. ligatures: Wiktionary
  7. ligatures: Dictionary.com
  8. ligatures: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ligatures: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ligatures: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ligatures: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. ligatures: Medical dictionary

(Note: See ligature as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ligature)

noun:  (uncountable) The act of tying or binding something.
noun:  (countable) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.
noun:  A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc.
noun:  The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness.
noun:  (countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.
noun:  (countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.
noun:  (music) A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.
noun:  (countable) A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments.
verb:  (surgery) To ligate; to tie.
▸ Also see ligature

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t, tt, ff, fi, fl, ae, oe, st, th, ct, more...

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