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Connective - 3 dictionary results

con⋅nec⋅tive

[kuh-nek-tiv]
–adjective
1. serving or tending to connect: connective remarks between chapters.
–noun
2. something that connects.
3. Grammar. a word used to connect words, phrases, clauses, and sentences, as a conjunction.
4. Botany. the tissue joining the two cells of the anther.

Origin:
1645–55; connect + -ive


con⋅nec⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
con⋅nec⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty [kon-ek-tiv-i-tee] , noun
con·nec·tive   (kə-něk'tĭv)   
adj.  Serving or tending to connect.
n.  
  1. One that connects.
  2. Grammar A word, such as a conjunction, that connects words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.
  3. Botany The portion of a stamen that connects the halves of an anther.
con·nec'tive·ly adv.

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

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