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connective

adj
/kəˈnɛktɪv/

Etymology

For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.

  1. borrowed from connexīvus

Definitions

  1. Serving or tending to connect

    Serving or tending to connect; connecting.

  2. That which connects.

  3. A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.

    • Condition iii) ensures that the truth-rules for the sentential connectives and quantifiers are satisfied within one and the same valuation νₛ.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to…

      A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.

    2. The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.

    3. A connective tissue.

The neighborhood

Derived

connectively, connectiveness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at connective. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at connective. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at connective

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA