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  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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