connective

Plural: connectives

Noun

• an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
• an instrumentality that connects
• That which connects.
• A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.
• A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.
• The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.
• A connective tissue.

Adjective Satellite

• connecting or tending to connect
  • "connective remarks between chapters"
  • "connective tissue in animals"

Adj

• Serving or tending to connect; connecting.

Synonyms

conjunction, conjunctive, connecter, connection, connector, connexion, continuative, connective, connexive, syndetic

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