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connective Definition

con·nec·tive (kə nek′tiv)

adjective

connecting or serving to connect

noun

  1. something that connects, esp. a word that connects phrases, clauses, or other words, as a conjunction or relative pronoun
  2. Bot. an anther's lobe-connecting tissue that splits open, allowing the pollen to escape

connective Related Forms
con·nec′·tively adverb con′·nec·tiv′·ity (kän′ek tiv′ə tē, kə nek′-) noun
connective Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: Martha's diary - planning sheet Write Martha's diary with an emphasis on using connectives.
  • add: He added a new connective to classical logic, that of strict implication.
  • include: Linguistic features include connectives, e.g. therefore, however, all in all, in other words.

Adjective modifier

  • logical: LK has two rules per logical connective, plus one extra rule: the cut rule.
  • main: The cases where the main connective in is a binary connectives are also straightforward.
  • truth-functional: These are the truth-functional connectives: things such as ` and ' , ` or ' , ` not ' .
  • propositional: We take the propositional connectives & and ¬ to be primitive; other propositional connectives are defined as usual.
  • binary: The cases where the main connective in is a binary connectives are also straightforward.
  • usual: Relations for expr expr supports the usual logical connectives and relations.

Modifies a noun

  • tissue: The fibrous tissues are among the connective tissues of the body.
  • disorder: Q Is it possible I have lupus or a connective tissue disorder with negative blood result tests?
  • pathway: Modern medicine acknowledges that the body is not about the individual parts, but a complete system with connective pathways.
  • disease: In the cohort studies, for instance, five studies had the outcomes of definite or any connective tissue disease.
  • path: Signals should be added only to connective paths attached to the contour of the area.
  • cell: These researchers will investigate the events by which connective tissue cells direct the repair process.

Modifying Another Word

  • little: Otherwise they have very little connective tissue between the nephrons.

Noun used with modifier

  • discourse: This paper presents two experiments on the semantic similarity of discourse connectives.
  • implication: MaGIC ( Matrix Generator for Implication Connectives ) is a program which finds matrices for implication connectives for a wide range of propositional logics.
  • time: I can use a range of time connectives to start some of my sentences.

Preposition: in

  • language: Perhaps these transitions perform the function of connectives in language, signaling combination, opposition, temporal shift, and so on.