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6 dictionary results for: connective
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
con·nec·tive       [kuh-nek-tiv] Pronunciation Key
–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] Pronunciation Key, noun
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con·nec·tive       (kə-něk'tĭv)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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connective

adjective
1. connecting or tending to connect; "connective remarks between chapters"; "connective tissue in animals"; "conjunctive tissue in plants" 

noun
1. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences [syn: conjunction] 
2. an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" [syn: connection] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Connective

Con*nect"ive\, a. Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.

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