Syndeticity
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The state or quality of being syndetic, particularly; The use of syndeton, the state or quality of using a conjunction or equivalent conjunctive structure. uncountable
- 2 The state or quality of being syndetic, particularly; The use of crossreferences or the ability to be crossreferenced. uncountable
"Values within affordances were ranked and assigned metric values. Standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients of .835, .515, and .298 for complexity, concreteness, and syndeticity."
- 3 The state or quality of being syndetic, particularly; The condition of having bounded gaps between members. uncountable
"For topological recurrence we need a different notion of largeness for subsets of S, namely that of syndeticity. A subset of E of N is said to be syndetic if it has bounded gaps. Equivalently, E C N is syndetic if N is the union of finitely many shifts."
Example
More examples"Values within affordances were ranked and assigned metric values. Standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients of .835, .515, and .298 for complexity, concreteness, and syndeticity."
Etymology
From syndetic + -ity. Equivalent to syndeton + -icity.
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