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connective

Pronunciation:  ku'nektiv

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Matching Terms:  connective tissue, connectively, connectivity

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
  2. [n]  an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
  3. [adj]  connecting or tending to connect; "connective remarks between chapters"; "connective tissue in animals"; "conjunctive tissue in plants"
 
 Synonyms: conjunction, conjunctive, conjunctive, connecter, connection, connector, connexion
 
 See Also: attachment, bond, closed-class word, conjunction, coordinating conjunction, coupling, earth, function word, ground, hitch, hookup, instrumentality, instrumentation, jumper, junction, line, patch, phone line, slip ring, subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunction, telephone line, temporary hookup, yoke

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Con*nect"ive\, a.
Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

{Connection tissue} (Anat.) See {Conjunctive tissue}, under
   {Conjunctive}.


  2. \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.
 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

An operator used in logic to combine two logical formulas. See first order logic.

 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: The part of an anther that connects the lobes.
 

 

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