Connective

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  • adjective. Serving or tending to connect.
  • noun. One that connects.
  • noun. A word, such as a conjunction, that connects words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.
  • noun. The portion of a stamen that connects the halves of an anther.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the power of connecting; serving or tending to connect; connecting.
  • noun. That which connects.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.
  • adjective. See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive.
  • noun. A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition.
  • noun. That part of an anther which connects its thecæ, lobes, or cells.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. serving or tending to connect; connecting
  • noun. That which connects.
  • noun. A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.
  • noun. A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.
  • noun. The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.
  • noun. A connective tissue.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
  • noun. an instrumentality that connects
  • adjective. connecting or tending to connect
  • Word Usage
    "We see the pattern in what we call the connective categories -- computing, smartphones, flat-screen televisions, digital cameras, and now e-books -- continuing and in fact strengthening."
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