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connective |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Connective \Con*nect"ive\, a. Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection. {Connection tissue} (Anat.) See {Conjunctive tissue}, under {Conjunctive}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Connective \Con*nect"ive\, n. That which connects. Specifically: a (Gram.) A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition. b (Bot.) That part of an anther which connects its thec[ae], lobes, or cells. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: connective adj : connecting or tending to connect; "connective remarks between chapters"; "connective tissue in animals"; "conjunctive tissue in plants" n 1: an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences [syn: {conjunction}, {conjunctive}] 2: something that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" [syn: {connection}, {connexion}, {connector}, {connecter}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: connective An operator used in logic to combine two logical formulas. See {first order logic}.
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