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syn⋅tag⋅ma

  [sin-tag-muh]
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–noun, plural -mas, -ma⋅ta  [-muh-tuh] . Linguistics.
an element that enters into a syntagmatic relationship.
Also, syn⋅tagm  [sin-tam] .

Origin:
1635–45; < Gk sýntagma something put together, equiv. to syntag- (see syntactic ) + -ma resultative n. suffix
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syn·tag·ma   (sĭn-tāg'mə)   
n.   pl. syn·tag·mas or syn·tag·ma·ta (-tāg'mə-tə) also syn·tagms
  1. A sequence of linguistic units in a syntagmatic relationship to one another.
  2. A sequence of words in a particular syntactic relationship to one another; a construction.

[New Latin, from French syntagme, from Greek suntagma, suntagmat-, arrangement, syntactic unit, from suntassein, suntag-, to put in order; see syntax.]
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