Connectives
[kuh-nek-tiv] /kəˈnɛk tɪv/
adjective
1.
serving or tending to :
connective remarks between chapters.
noun
2.
something that .
3.
Grammar. a word used to words, phrases, clauses, and sentences, as a conjunction.
4.
Botany. the tissue joining the two cells of the anther.
/kəˈnɛktɪv/
adjective
1.
serving to connect or capable of connecting
noun
2.
a thing that connects
3.
(grammar, logic)
4.
(botany) the tissue of a stamen that connects the two lobes of the anther
5.
(anatomy) a nerve-fibre bundle connecting two nerve centres
adj.
1650s, from connect + -ive (if from Latin, it likely would have been *connexive). Connective tissue is from 1839.
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- Connector
[kuh-nek-ter] /kəˈnɛk tər/ noun 1. a person or thing that . 2. any of various devices for one object to another. 3. (formerly) a person who couples railroad cars. n. 1795, “tube for connecting other materials,” agent noun in Latin form from connect and usefully distinct from connecter.
- Connectivity
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