Syndetic

//sɪnˈdɛtɪk// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction. not-comparable

    "Guns and butter is a syndetic phrase."

  2. 2
    Synonym of connective, serving to connect. not-comparable

    "With the syndetic juxtaposition of distinct members, the article is not often repeated."

  3. 3
    Synonym of crossreferenced. not-comparable

    "Syndetic, applied to an alphabetical subject catalogue or dictionary catalogue which includes cross-references as connecting links between subjects."

  4. 4
    Having bounded gaps between its terms. not-comparable

    "The gap between successive members of a syndetic set may vary but is always less than some specific value: i.e., there is an integer n such that {x,x+1,x+2,⋯,x+n}∩S≠∅ for any x∈N."

Adjective
  1. 1
    connected by a conjunction wordnet

Synonyms

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connectivecrossreferencedserving to connectsyndetical

Example

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"Guns and butter is a syndetic phrase."

Etymology

From Latin syndeticus, from Ancient Greek συνδετικός (sundetikós), from σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding”) + -κός (-kós, “-ic: forming adjectives”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”).

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piecewise syndeticthickly syndetic

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