In writing  and typography , a 
ligature occurs where two or more grapheme s are joined as a single glyph .  
Ligatures usually replace
Kaynak: Typographic ligatureIn surgery or medical procedure, a 
ligature consists of a piece of thread (suture ) tied around an anatomical structure, usually a blood
Kaynak: Ligature (medicine)Originally a 
ligature  representing a Latin  diphthong , it has been promoted to the full status of a letter  in the alphabets of some
Kaynak: ÆA 
ligature is a device which holds a reed  on to the mouthpiece  of a single-reed instrument  such as a saxophone  or clarinet .
Kaynak: Ligature (instrument)In music notation , a 
ligature is a graphic symbol representing two or more notes performed in a single gesture, and on a single syllable,
Kaynak: Ligature (music)Another 
ligature in the Unicode  Presentation Form A range U+FB50 to U+FDxx is the special code for glyph for the 
ligature ar | ALA | Allāh
Kaynak: Arabic alphabetIn orthodontics , a 
ligature is the small elastic band that is used to affix the archwire to the bracket.  
Ligatures are usually changed at
Kaynak: Ligature (orthodontic)Ou (Majuscule: gr | Ȣ, Minuscule: gr | ȣ) is a 
ligature  of the Greek letters  ο  and υ  which was frequently used in Byzantine
Kaynak: Ou (ligature)The qp 
ligature, ȹ, is a typographic 
ligature  of Latin  q  and p  (also interpretable as a 
ligature of c  and p), and is used in some
Kaynak: Qp ligatureStannius 
Ligature is an experimental procedure to illustrate impulse conduction in frog  heart.  A 
ligature placed either around the
Kaynak: Stannius ligatureThe db 
ligature, ȸ, is a typographic 
ligature  of Latin  d  and b , and used in Africanist  linguistics for the transcription of certain
Kaynak: Db ligatureStigma (ϛ) is a 
ligature  of the Greek  letters sigma (Σ) and tau (Τ), which was used in writing Greek between the Middle Ages and the 19th
Kaynak: Stigma (letter)read as yori, is a typographic 
ligature  in the Japanese language , consisting of a combination of the hiragana  graphs of ja | よ  (jo |)
Kaynak: Yori (kana)Œ (minuscule: œ) is a Latin alphabet  grapheme , a 
ligature  of o  and e .  In medieval and early modern Latin, it was used to represent
Kaynak: ŒOccurring in the Dutch language , it is sometimes considered a 
ligature , or even a letter in itself although in most fonts that have a
Kaynak: IJ (digraph)