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connective

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con⋅nec⋅tive

  [kuh-nek-tiv]
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–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

Related forms:
con⋅nec⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
con⋅nec⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty  [kon-ek-tiv-i-tee] , noun
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Computing Dictionary

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

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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